Max Vargas

2024 HMDA Data Underscores Need for Statewide Policy Change Homeownership is a key pathway to building wealth and stability, yet it remains inaccessible for most families of color in California.

The Greenlining Institute's new analysis breaks down mortgage data on persistent gaps Black & Latino borrowers face and the rise of unregulated, non-conventional, higher cost mortgages. It also outlines why we need statewide action and a CA Community Reinvestment Act. greenlining.org/2025/2024-hm...

Joined the Greenlining Academy Alumni Association reunion and witnessed the camaraderie & power of its network. While the issues our communities face may be daunting, these 1,000+ professionals dedicated to solving today's biggest challenges give me so much hope. greenlining.org/work/leaders...

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Removal of Fed Governor

Trump's efforts to undermine our institutions continues with the ongoing persecution of Dr. Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the Fed Reserve Board. They'd help the economy more by addressing racial inequities in mortgage access than continue this targeting www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

Greenlining Welcomes Max Vargas as President and CEO The Greenlining Institute’s Board of Directors is proud to announce the appointment of Max Vargas as President and CEO, effective September 15, 2025.

I'm joining Greenlining as its new Pres & CEO! Greenlining's vision of a future where communities of color thrive is more important than ever. As I embark, I'm called to action by the power of our communities and the promise of America we must still fulfill. Adelante! greenlining.org/2025/greenli...

‘It’s like when you see the tsunami coming in’: Agricultural economists are sounding the alarm about produce prices doubling Consumers “don’t have a clue what’s going on,”  said Raymond Robertson, a labor economist.

"The first wave of grocery-price increases will likely hit this winter. Roberson predicted produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year as inventories clear and new contracts kick in."

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A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.

Last week, I had the honor of joining MIEL and UpValley Family Centers to celebrate this trailblazing Promotora-owned worker #cooperative in the Napa region: www.mielcoop.com

These #Promotoras / #CHWs that have been pillars of the community now have the infrastructure for greater economic mobility.

Thousands of Californians lost work after LA immigration raids. Citizens did, too. A new report from UC Merced shows Latino and white people especially lost work after the Trump administration escalated immigration enforcement in L.A.

As @calmatters.org highlights, cruel, reckless raids aren't just affecting immigrants and hurting their families and jobs, they're hurting all Californians and by extension the nation. Our social and economic interdependence calls for continued and deepened solidarity. calmatters.org/economy/2025...

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Opinion: As AI transforms the workplace, philanthropy must act before employees are locked out of the conversation, argue Michael Kubzansky and Don Howard. phlnthrp.com/44NnIpv

Kubzansky is the CEO of Omidyar Network and Howard is the president and CEO of The James Irvine Foundation.

Every immigrant worker in California has felt the impact of unconstitutional raids based on racial profiling.

This legal victory will help protect workers from being stopped, harassed, or detained simply for looking brown and working hard.

Being disappeared to a foreign gulag is the equivalent of being buried alive. We cannot forget them.

This is a concentration camp. Alligator Auschwitz will haunt us and our descendants.

NEW @fwd.us REPORT Finds Announced Immigration Policies Will Spike Costs for American Families www.fwd.us/news/new-fwd...

Horrifying levels of state sanctioned neglect, abuse, arguably torture. How the public, the media, and our civic institutions respond, will determine whether this inhumanity continues and whether our nation can regain its moral compass.

Sunk cost theory at play, as well as some economies of scale considerations.

Reproductive rights and abortion access are about agency, bodily autonomy, and basic human rights, but they're also about economic freedom and mobility. Research like this new report by IWPR continues to affirm that restricting people's rights, in particular women's rights, is bad for the economy.

Andrew Cuomo concedes to Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral primary The general election is on Nov. 4.

🚨 BREAKING: Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo concedes the NYC mayoral race to state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, clearing path for an earthquake victory

Criminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws.

Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

What's happened since?

A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.

Breaking: our due process.

If this is the jurisprudence #SCOTUS is setting today, I shudder to think where we'll be in a few years let alone a decade of sliding down this slope without Congress stepping up.

Barely a third of Americans had a favorable view of President Trump's decision to bomb Iran, and even fewer support continued airstrikes, a @reuters.com poll found.
www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...

Basically half a century ago. Not only has the average driver changed a lot but so have cars and all of our tech.

Love to see it! Folks are choosing action over apathy, democracy over tyranny. #RunForSomething

there's gold in them thar pores

Some good points about self awareness and controlling our environment but my fav line from the write up by far lol:

"Only a quarter of the subjects were able to resist eating the marshmallow for 15 minutes. This implies that a large majority of us lack the self-control required to succeed in life."

Abundan preguntas tácticas y militares pero también preguntas domésticas muy importantes: ¿Bajo que autoridad esta declarando guerra Trump? ¿Qué poder y responsabilidad tiene el Congreso? ¿Quien pagará para una nueva guerra? ¿Como afectará al presupuesto y a otros programas? ¿Subirán los costos más?

A stacked bar chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "More Americans disapprove than approve of the U.S. bombing of nuclear sites in Iran." The chart's sub-headline is: "Do you approve or disapprove of the U.S. bombing nuclear sites in Iran? (%)."

June 21-22 poll of 2,408 U.S. adults (+/-2.4%)
More Americans disapprove than approve of the U.S. bombing of nuclear sites in Iran
% who approve | disapprove
U.S. adults 35% | 46%
Democrats 16% | 70%
Independents 27% | 51%
Republicans 68% | 13%
today.yougov.com/topics/inter...

Con solo 3% de aprobación, Boluarte mantiene su ranking de último lugar entre los presidentes con menos apoyo de sus constituyentes. drive.google.com/file/d/1Wscx...

Between January and May of this year, 5.3% to 5.5% of American workers were holding multiple jobs — the highest level since the Great Recession, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Everyone deserves a safe place to call home.

#WorldRefugeeDay is a reminder that behind every displaced person is a story of resilience, hope, and survival.

We stand in solidarity with refugees and recommit to building a world that welcomes them with compassion and justice.