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...Reduce the outstanding principal on every single mortgage to, say, 70% of the original value. Yes, you read that correctly: lower every American homeowner's mortgage debt by a fixed percentage. (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...lower the principal of the mortgages instead of reducing the interest rates of the loans? Because it creates far more incentive for homeowners to continue making mortgage payments. Moreover, with all the exotic loans out there, many with adjustable rates, the principal is the only standard across all mortgages. Adjusting the remaining principal, then, is the most general way to renegotiate all mortgages as equitably as possible...
...become some eco-eaters' mantra, what you eat matters more than where it comes from. Our food travels from 1,500 to 2,500 miles on average from farm to supermarket, but that journey typically accounts for just 4% of a food's carbon footprint. "Focus on eating lower on the food chain, with more plants and fruits and less meat and dairy," says Kate Geagan, a dietitian and author of the forthcoming book Go Green Get Lean. "It's that simple." Installing solar panels or buying a hybrid may not be possible for many...
...black schools, Savannah included, have their problems. Nationwide, 41% of black students graduate from college within six years (for white students, the figure is 59%). The rate is lower at the majority of HBCUs, which often accept low-performing students who may not have been given a chance elsewhere. At Savannah State, the figure hovers around 35%. A bigger problem is money: HBCUs are chronically underfunded, and Savannah State--with an endowment of just $3.4 million, compared with Armstrong's $7.9 million--is no exception. Harp expects the merger to help close that gap, an aspect of the plan that...
...consumers come to hold Pepsi’s recent rebranding as a symbol of a promised hope that resulted in an all too real reality check?Probably not, if only for the reason that consumers will simply get used to the new can’s revamped globe and lower-case lettering; Pepsi has, miraculously, become pepsi. Soon the innumerable Photoshopped “O”bama logos that now grace a legion of Facebook profiles will be replaced. “O”bama lawn signs will be plucked, stickers will peel, and all the while pepsi...