Repairing bad credit without getting ripped off
Tue, 12/22/2009 - 10:06
It's the worst and most common time to have bad credit. ...
New Century Executives Charged With Fraud
Mon, 12/07/2009 - 17:29
According to CNNMoney, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged three former executives Monday at now-bankrupt lender New Century with fraud ...
Obama's slap down on Wall Street must include Congress
Thu, 10/22/2009 - 10:15
The White House has put a well needed slap down on Wall Street. ...
Payday loan sharks feed on black community
Tue, 06/30/2009 - 00:00
Ever notice that in many struggling black communities across the nation hardware stores, grocery stores and banks are harder to find than a "Help Wanted" sign, but liquor stores are on every other corner? The evil liquor store has a "newer" partner in crime—the payday lender. Payday lenders are arguably more damaging to the black community than sub-prime loans, violence and liquor stores combined. ...
Tavis Smiley needs to dump Wells Fargo, period
Tue, 06/23/2009 - 00:00
In 2005, when Tavis Smiley went on his whole "empowering" the black community tour, Wells Fargo footed the bill. Interestingly enough, one of the key components of the tour was promoting home ownership in the black community which happened to coincide with Wells Fargo's need to gain access into the black community to market its subprime loan division. In Smiley, they found an inspirational, if not an official, pitch man. ...
Subprime lending: 'Ghetto loans' for 'mud people'
Mon, 06/08/2009 - 14:15
Subprime lending lawsuit shows minorities were clearly targeted by lenders. It shows that subprime lending was just repackaged redlining, and it led to the fall of entire communities and cities. ...
Recession curbs blacks' home ownership dreams
Wed, 05/20/2009 - 00:00
The recession and foreclosure crisis is still widely affecting Blacks. The Pew Hispanic Center found blacks and Latinos experienced the sharpest reversal in home ownership in recent years among ethnic groups. ...
NCRC helps blacks in foreclosure
05/19/2009
by Paul Mondesire
Braving the real estate market after the storm
Thu, 04/16/2009 - 00:00
In recovery, this market will look a lot differently than it did before the bubble burst. We must also fully acknowledge the ongoing uncertainty in the job place. With unemployment rates nearing double digits nationally, and for black workers, they are 15.4 percent, those are serious questions. ...
State of the Black Union tackles accountability
Sat, 02/28/2009 - 15:17
At the 10th annual State of the Black Union, some of the nation's most astute minds tackled issues including accountability, politics, and gangs. ...
