Price Controls and Subsidies

Coca-Cola to Face Criticism for Food Stamp Lobbying

Ready for a shocker? American taxpayers subsidize the purchase of approximately $4 billion worth of soda products annually through SNAP, the supplemental nutritional aid program also known as food stamps. Federal, state, and local governments have all tried to prohibit the purchase of sodas and ... More >>

Grand Jury Charges 12 With Cheating Housing Program

Fair Trade Hot Buttons

Some countries have issues with these issues

Poor Miami: More Good Ideas

According to these folks, there's hope for America's most impoverished city

Where Did All the People Go?

A once-thriving neighborhood is now a ghost town thanks to Miami's multimillion-dollar housing fiasco

The Eviction Addiction

Senior citizens like Jack Giralt are being sent packing by landlords eager to cash in on the Miami Beach housing boom

The Knight of Blight

Miami developer Aristides Martinez once seemed an inner-city savior. Today he goes by another name: Slumlord.

The Real McGuffin

Neil McGuffin was supposed to guide the Miami Beach Housing Authority into the new millennium. Instead he exposed an agency in disarray. And he lost his job.

Renting Under the Influence

The county cut off rent subsidies to Commissioner Miriam Alonso, then reversed itself. What a coincidence!

Raze and Rebuild

Scott Homes residents realize their apartments are dirty, dangerous, and crowded. Yet many want to stay.

Letters

To Have and Have Not

Activists in Miami Beach's north shore neighborhoods say government-subsidized housing is crowding them out