PAYDAY LOANS – Every year millions of workers all over the country pay extremely high interest to companies that offer payday loans. Recently, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would protect consumers against this kind of abusive loans. The Senate is discussing a similar bill. Farida Jhabvala Romero visited the Latino Mission neighborhood in San Francisco where payday loan businesses can be found on every corner.

NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY SEEKS A WAY OUT OF ECONOMIC CRISIS – The small community of Anthony is right on the border between Texas and New Mexico, and that border marks a big difference. The Texas side has been an official city for more than 50 years, while on the New Mexico side, the community is unincorporated and lacks many public services. Residents just voted to make their community a city, in order to receive money from the federal stimulus package. Mónica Ortiz Uribe reports.