<p>Working-class families priced out of urban areas and a squeezed middle class facing shrinking wages and unaffordable housing, are among those living in poverty in the suburbs.</p>
<p>African-Americans and Latinos have been particularly hard-hit by the predatory lending practices of sub-prime lenders, writes Mark Winston Griffith, Co-Director of the Neighborhood Economic Development and Advocacy Project.</p>
<p>The American transportation system is not only dated, but it also has a huge impact on the climate. The favored solution -- ethanol -- is no solution at all, writes New York Observer columnist Nicholas von Hoffman.</p>
<p>Neal Peirce looks at new ideas for financing roadway improvements, including leasing toll roads to private companies and on-board computer monitoring of actual road use.</p>
