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What to do if you lose your job and can’t make your credit card payments

By U.S. News & World Report

When you lose a job, reality can hit pretty quickly. Suddenly, your well-planned financial arrangements may be in jeopardy.

It is possible to manage credit card payments and prevent damage to your credit score after you lose a job. But it will take some organization, self-sacrifice and possibly a few calls to companies and agencies that can help you ride out the storm.

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America 250: Catherine Bauer’s vision for affordable housing continues to resonate today

By Linh Bui
Catherine Bauer devoted her life to improving housing for low-income families and has been called the "mother of public housing." "A brilliant woman who thought that we ought to treat housing as a public good, the way we treat the fire department or the police department," said Elizabeth Deakin, professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. "That doesn't mean there's not a big role for the private sector, but it also means that the public sector has responsibilities to make sure we're okay."
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