With the help of consumer advocates, five borrowers filed a class-action lawsuit last week against Morgan Stanley alleging racial discrimination tied to the issuance of subprime mortgage-backed securities. The case appears to be the first to connect securitization and racial discrimination and the first class-action by borrowers against an investment bank. “It literally is the first case of Main Street holding Wall Street accountable for the abuses that happened and the aftermath in the Great Recession,” ...