In a new book, Matthew Desmond argues that to understand what keeps people poor, we need to take a good look at the rich.

A once-ubiquitous feature of floor plans is becoming a rarity.

Miami’s lawsuit against Bank of America and Wells Fargo now returns to a federal appeals court in Atlanta.

Residents of a tiny Panamanian island threatened by rising sea levels begin to relocate to a new development.

Nevada now employs 60 percent fewer construction workers than it did during the housing boom. Some found new careers. Others left the country.