Title: Renae Merle URL Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/renae-merle/ Markdown Content: [Accessibility statement](https://www.washingtonpost.com/accessibility/)[Skip to main content](https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/renae-merle/#main-content) [Democracy Dies in Darkness](https://www.washingtonpost.com/) [Save and subscribe](https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/acquisition/?oscode=RPWH&s_l=ONSITE_HEADER_HOMEPAGE&p=s_v&s_ct=author&itid=nav_subscribe_logged_out&tid=nav_subscribe_logged_out&acqEntType=mktg_onsite_article&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpeople%2Frenae-merle%2F&arcId=merler)[Sign in](https://www.washingtonpost.com/subscribe/signin/?next_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpeople%2Frenae-merle%2F&nid=top_pb_signin&arcId=merler&account_location=ONSITE_HEADER_AUTHOR&itid=nav_sign_in) ![Image 1](blob:http://localhost/c6685b62a42a19627e43900b3a3757e7)![Image 2](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub/washpost/c0a813a4-0070-4813-a776-14fed204fdde.png&w=270&h=270) # Renae Merle ## Washington, D.C. Renae Merle is an editor on The Washington Post's Style desk. She joined The Washington Post in 2001 and has written about military contractors, Wall Street and the collapse of the housing market during the financial crisis. She has been an editor on the Business desk and launched a vertical during the pandemic, Road to Recovery. She has also worked for The Associated Press covering Texas politics and written about healthcare at The Wall Street Journal. She was a 2010 Knight Bagehot fellow at Columbia University. Education: Columbia University, MBA; Columbia University, MS in journalism; University of Texas, BS in journalism [email](mailto:renae.merle%40washpost.com)[twitter](https://x.com/renaemerle)[rss](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arcio/rss/author/Renae-Merle)[Share confidential news tips with The Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/anonymous-news-tips/) August 17, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [Trump says he’s ‘stopping evictions.’ Here’s why they’re still happening. Trump’s executive order directed federal regulators to study whether an eviction moratorium was necessary and others to investigate whether they could appropriate money for rental assistance. But it fell short of reinstating the federal eviction ban that expired last month.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/17/trump-eviction-moratorium/) August 17, 2020 [![Image 3: People gather outside an apartment complex in Mount Rainier, Md., earlier this month to protest the eviction of one of the tenants. (Leah Millis/Reuters)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/T57R2EW3OEI6VNHREW3WFTN36Q.jpg&w=300) ![Image 4: People gather outside an apartment complex in Mount Rainier, Md., earlier this month to protest the eviction of one of the tenants. (Leah Millis/Reuters)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/T57R2EW3OEI6VNHREW3WFTN36Q.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/17/trump-eviction-moratorium/) August 8, 2020 [Economy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/economy/) ### [Trump attempts to wrest tax and spending powers from Congress with new executive actions](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/08/trump-executive-order-coronavirus/) August 8, 2020 [![Image 5: (Susan Walsh/AP)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/7JQSOLWZSII6VJ4IFTUGZ2ARFE.jpg&w=300) ![Image 6: (Susan Walsh/AP)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/7JQSOLWZSII6VJ4IFTUGZ2ARFE.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/08/trump-executive-order-coronavirus/) August 6, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [Trump is calling for another moratorium on evictions. Landlords are pushing back. Reinstating a federal moratorium is a short term fix to a long-term problem, landlords say. When the moratoriums eventually end, millions of renters will owe months of back rent they can’t afford, delaying their eventual eviction while leaving landlords to swallow the shortfall, they say.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/06/trump-eviction-moratorium/) August 6, 2020 [![Image 7: Housing activists gather to protest alleged tenant harassment by a landlord and call for cancellation of rent in the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn last month. (Scott Heins/Getty Images)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O3AAJ2WTQMI6VATLZQ4U3ASOGU.jpg&w=300) ![Image 8: Housing activists gather to protest alleged tenant harassment by a landlord and call for cancellation of rent in the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn last month. (Scott Heins/Getty Images)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O3AAJ2WTQMI6VATLZQ4U3ASOGU.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/06/trump-eviction-moratorium/) August 4, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [Warren says SEC should investigate potential insider trading at Eastman Kodak Kodak said in a statement that it intends to fully cooperate with any potential inquiries.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/04/warren-says-sec-should-investigate-potential-insider-trading-eastman-kodak/) August 4, 2020 [![Image 9: Sen. Elizabeth Warren has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate possible insider trading related to a $765 million government loan to Eastman Kodak. (Matt Rourke/AP)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CWVQPKWQ5YI6VATLZQ4U3ASOGU.jpg&w=300) ![Image 10: Sen. Elizabeth Warren has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate possible insider trading related to a $765 million government loan to Eastman Kodak. (Matt Rourke/AP)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CWVQPKWQ5YI6VATLZQ4U3ASOGU.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/04/warren-says-sec-should-investigate-potential-insider-trading-eastman-kodak/) August 4, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [A federal eviction moratorium has ended. Here’s what renters should know. Of the 110 million Americans living in rental households, 20 percent are at risk of eviction by Sept. 30, according to an analysis by the Covid-19 Eviction Defense Project, a Colorado-based community group. African American and Hispanic renters are expected to be hit hardest.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/24/faq-federal-eviction-moratorium/) August 4, 2020 [![Image 11: Signs that read “No Job, No Rent” hang from the windows of an apartment building in May in Northwest Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP) ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/OBMMHDFOHAI6VGFVE6NGI6NB4Q.jpg&w=300) ![Image 12: Signs that read “No Job, No Rent” hang from the windows of an apartment building in May in Northwest Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP) ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/OBMMHDFOHAI6VGFVE6NGI6NB4Q.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/24/faq-federal-eviction-moratorium/) July 24, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [Goldman Sachs reaches $3.9 billion settlement in 1MDB scandal Investigators had linked the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund to a multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/24/goldman-sachs-1mdb-scandal-settlement/) July 24, 2020 [![Image 13: 1Malaysia Development Berhad was created in 2009 under former Prime Minister Najib Razak as a vehicle for Malaysia’s economic development. (Joshua Paul/AP)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/YVZSBJWNUAI6VGNQQQTOE3JAHM.jpg&w=300) ![Image 14: 1Malaysia Development Berhad was created in 2009 under former Prime Minister Najib Razak as a vehicle for Malaysia’s economic development. (Joshua Paul/AP)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/YVZSBJWNUAI6VGNQQQTOE3JAHM.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/24/goldman-sachs-1mdb-scandal-settlement/) July 22, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [Banks face a unique coronavirus problem: Now everyone is wearing a mask The head of one of the country’s most powerful banking regulators has said he was worried that face-mask requirements “create the very real risk of increases in bank robberies.”](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/22/face-mask-banks/) July 22, 2020 [![Image 15: Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk past a Bank of America branch in New York on July 12. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg News)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ESKANBGGUAI6VKBFQ4RAATSBKA.jpg&w=300) ![Image 16: Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk past a Bank of America branch in New York on July 12. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg News)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ESKANBGGUAI6VKBFQ4RAATSBKA.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/22/face-mask-banks/) July 21, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [A federal eviction moratorium ends this week, putting 12 million tenants at risk The expiration of the federal protection comes as state and local eviction bans are also starting to expire and the enhanced unemployment benefit that has kept many renters afloat is scheduled to end.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/21/eviction-moratorium-ending/) July 21, 2020 [![Image 17: Renters in San Diego show their support for a California measure prohibiting landlords from evicting tenants because of unpaid rent during the pandemic. (Mike Blake/Reuters)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZHABC3GIMEI6VKBFQ4RAATSBKA.jpg&w=300) ![Image 18: Renters in San Diego show their support for a California measure prohibiting landlords from evicting tenants because of unpaid rent during the pandemic. (Mike Blake/Reuters)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZHABC3GIMEI6VKBFQ4RAATSBKA.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/21/eviction-moratorium-ending/) July 14, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [Big banks prepare for protracted recession, report significant drop in profits The banks’ more pessimistic outlooks come as millions of people remain out of work, thousands of small businesses close their doors forever and some states begin to shutdown for a second time to contain the spread of the coronavirus.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/big-banks-prepare-protracted-recession-report-drastic-drop-profits/) July 14, 2020 [![Image 19: JPMorgan Chase Chairman and chief executive Jamie Dimon testifies before the House Financial Services Committee during a 2019 hearing on Capitol Hill. (Patrick Semansky/AP)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/3XR5A5C3UMI6TGGUQRAIRUJV6I.jpg&w=300) ![Image 20: JPMorgan Chase Chairman and chief executive Jamie Dimon testifies before the House Financial Services Committee during a 2019 hearing on Capitol Hill. (Patrick Semansky/AP)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/3XR5A5C3UMI6TGGUQRAIRUJV6I.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/big-banks-prepare-protracted-recession-report-drastic-drop-profits/) July 12, 2020 [National](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/) ### [21 injured after fire breaks out on Navy ship in San Diego The fire occurred aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship that was docked at a pier at Naval Base San Diego in California.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/12/navy-ship-catches-fire-san-diego-sailors-injured/) July 12, 2020 [![Image 21: Smoke rises from a fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego on Sunday. (Bing Guan/Reuters) ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DJ5J35GEPAI6VKBFQ4RAATSBKA.jpg&w=300) ![Image 22: Smoke rises from a fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego on Sunday. (Bing Guan/Reuters) ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DJ5J35GEPAI6VKBFQ4RAATSBKA.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/12/navy-ship-catches-fire-san-diego-sailors-injured/) July 7, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [Deutsche Bank fined $150 million for relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, other lapses New York regulators faulted the German bank for what it called procedural failures and mistakes in its handling of the late billionaire’s accounts.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/07/deutsche-bank-fined-150-million-relationship-with-jeffrey-epstein-other-lapses/) July 7, 2020 [![Image 23: Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to an image of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein during a news conference on July 2. New York financial regulators fined Deutsche Bank $150 million over its dealings with Epstein. (John Minchillo/AP)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/7DULBEF7FQI6VCIINCRLT2XJ4A.jpg&w=300) ![Image 24: Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to an image of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein during a news conference on July 2. New York financial regulators fined Deutsche Bank $150 million over its dealings with Epstein. (John Minchillo/AP)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/7DULBEF7FQI6VCIINCRLT2XJ4A.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/07/deutsche-bank-fined-150-million-relationship-with-jeffrey-epstein-other-lapses/) July 6, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [Evictions are likely to skyrocket this summer as jobs remain scarce. Black renters will be hard hit. In more than half the country, local courts are reopening and beginning to process a backlog of eviction cases, sparking what economists and housing advocates say could be a historic surge in homelessness as millions of Americans lose their homes.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/06/eviction-moratoriums-starwood/) July 6, 2020 [![Image 25: Graffiti reads “Rent strike” in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood in April. (Ted S. Warren/AP)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TCJJPEDUKEI6VLM3EVHMTGMTXQ.jpg&w=300) ![Image 26: Graffiti reads “Rent strike” in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood in April. (Ted S. Warren/AP)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TCJJPEDUKEI6VLM3EVHMTGMTXQ.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/06/eviction-moratoriums-starwood/) June 29, 2020 [Courts & Law](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts-law/) ### [Supreme Court makes it easier for president to fire consumer watchdog head Challengers argued that the financial protection bureau violates the president’s authority.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-rules-a-consumer-regulators-structure-unconstitutional/2020/06/29/c7246c06-ba14-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html) June 29, 2020 [![Image 27: (Reuters)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/WD7ONMF2EYI6VDHVTQNY274EYY.jpg&w=300) ![Image 28: (Reuters)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/WD7ONMF2EYI6VDHVTQNY274EYY.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-rules-a-consumer-regulators-structure-unconstitutional/2020/06/29/c7246c06-ba14-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html) June 26, 2020 [Climate and Environment](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/) ### [Citing an economic emergency, Trump directs agencies across government to waive federal regulations New executive orders affect transportation, the environment, financial institutions, health agencies and more.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/citing-an-economic-emergency-trump-directs-agencies-across-government-to-waive-federal-regulations/2020/06/05/6a23546c-a0fc-11ea-b5c9-570a91917d8d_story.html) June 26, 2020 [![Image 29: President Trump shows the May 19 executive order limiting regulations. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PNHSZZE2EAI6VLLZ5334242GIE.jpg&w=300) ![Image 30: President Trump shows the May 19 executive order limiting regulations. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PNHSZZE2EAI6VLLZ5334242GIE.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/citing-an-economic-emergency-trump-directs-agencies-across-government-to-waive-federal-regulations/2020/06/05/6a23546c-a0fc-11ea-b5c9-570a91917d8d_story.html) June 25, 2020 [Economy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/economy/) ### [The Fed is cracking down on big banks to guard against risk posed to the financial system from coronavirus The pandemic downturn marks the first time the Fed has issued such across-the-board limits on the largest banks since the aftermath of the Great Recession.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/25/fed-stress-test-coronavirus/) June 25, 2020 [![Image 31: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell in March. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DVZUBZFVKMI6VGQ52PNRZPQHZY.jpg&w=300) ![Image 32: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell in March. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DVZUBZFVKMI6VGQ52PNRZPQHZY.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/25/fed-stress-test-coronavirus/) June 20, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [Trump’s pick to run Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office defended prominent Wall Street firms for years Jay Clayton, currently the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has represented some of the biggest names in the financial world, including Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/20/trumps-pick-run-manhattan-us-attorneys-office-defended-prominent-wall-street-firms-years/) June 20, 2020 [![Image 33: Jay Clayton, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, speaks at the Economic Club of New York luncheon in New York City. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XGXBGXFTEQI6VGFVE6NGI6NB4Q.jpg&w=300) ![Image 34: Jay Clayton, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, speaks at the Economic Club of New York luncheon in New York City. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XGXBGXFTEQI6VGFVE6NGI6NB4Q.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/20/trumps-pick-run-manhattan-us-attorneys-office-defended-prominent-wall-street-firms-years/) June 16, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [She was Morgan Stanley’s first diversity officer. Now she’s suing the bank for racial bias. Marilyn Booker, a managing director who spent 16 years as global head of diversity and the last decade as head of the bank’s urban markets groups, filed the lawsuit on behalf of black female employees accusing the bank of systemic discrimination against black financial advisers and trainees.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/16/she-was-morgan-stanleys-first-diversity-officer-now-shes-suing-bank-racial-bias/) June 16, 2020 [![Image 35: Marilyn Booker attends the BET Awards Welcome Party at Liaison Lounge in Los Angeles. (Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images/BET)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PDHZ7OFP7II6VGFVE6NGI6NB4Q.jpg&w=300) ![Image 36: Marilyn Booker attends the BET Awards Welcome Party at Liaison Lounge in Los Angeles. (Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images/BET)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PDHZ7OFP7II6VGFVE6NGI6NB4Q.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/16/she-was-morgan-stanleys-first-diversity-officer-now-shes-suing-bank-racial-bias/) June 13, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [As big corporations say ‘black lives matter,’ their track records raise skepticism Wall Street, tech and retail giants are rushing to convey support for a movement that has galvanized the American public, but their corporate track records raise skepticism.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/13/after-years-marginalizing-black-employees-customers-corporate-america-says-black-lives-matter/) June 13, 2020 [![Image 37: A portrait of George Floyd is seen at a peaceful march after curfew in New York on June 6. (Holly Pickett for The Washington Post)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/OUV5PWVINUI6VCMOWINZVA7XSI.jpg&w=300) ![Image 38: A portrait of George Floyd is seen at a peaceful march after curfew in New York on June 6. (Holly Pickett for The Washington Post)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/OUV5PWVINUI6VCMOWINZVA7XSI.jpg&w=100&h=100)](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/13/after-years-marginalizing-black-employees-customers-corporate-america-says-black-lives-matter/) May 31, 2020 [Business](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/) ### [What you need to know about paying your June rent or mortgage Millions of Americans are seeking help as they struggle to pay their rent or mortgage. But the type of help available can vary widely depending on where you live and what type of loan you have.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/31/renters-homeowners-seeking-help/) May 31, 2020 [![Image 39: Jill Ferguson, 66, at her home in West Allis, Wis., in March. She was served an eviction notice after her landlords put the home up for sale. (Darren Hauck for The Washington Post) ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2KZGEHTKZMI6VMMZHKLZTRKFCI.jpg&w=300) ![Image 40: Jill Ferguson, 66, at her home in West Allis, Wis., in March. She was served an eviction notice after her landlords put the home up for sale. 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