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Economic Justice

The Business of You: Credit Card Rules Feel More Like a Shell Game

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By Jackie Jones
The Center for Responsible Lending…has laid out what the new credit card policy legislation that went into effect Feb. 21 really will and won’t do.



Obama Administration Offers Settlement for Black Farmers

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By The Editors
For more than a decade, the class-action lawsuit involving tens of thousands of the nation’s black farmers on the one side and the federal Department of Agriculture on the other stood as a dramatic symbol of the institutional racism undermining even black Americans involved in one of America’s mythic occupations.



LDF Defends Chicago Black Firefighters

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By The Editors
Washington, D.C. — February 22 — In a closely-watched case involving the hiring of black firefighters in Chicago, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent mis-interpreted technical rules from blocking the correction of discrimination in employment.



The Business of You: Going for the Gold

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By Jackie Jones
Black folks may be easy marks for online and mail-in gold businesses.



Reality Check: One Year after Stimulus, Blacks and Latinos Still Struggling

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By C. Nicole Mason

On the one-year anniversary of the stimulus bill, the Administration will do much to convince us that it is indeed working. However, it’s going to take more than colorful pie charts and grandiose projections to ease the anxiety and the angst gripping communities.



Beyond Partisan Wars: Breaking Down Health Care Reform

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By Maggie Astor
Beyond the meaningless, catch-all accusation of “socialized medicine” and the blatantly ridiculous specter of “death panels,” how would these bills, if reconciled and signed into law, affect you?



Cartoon: February 4, 2010

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By Kevin Eason
Kevin Eason is a freelance editorial cartoonist and Illustrator from NJ. His brand of satire covers news events in politics, entertainment, sports and much more. Kevin’s work features include: TVOne, NABJ, WBLS_107.5FM, EURweb and various newspapers & magazines throughout the country.



Dying Quietly: The Employee Free Choice Act

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By Doug Miller
Legislation in Congress that would make it easier for workers to form unions is doomed because the Obama administration , with so many other hard contentious issues on its agenda, won’t risk political capital in its defense, according to some experts on trade unionism.



The Business of You: Bank of Overdraft Policies Protect No One

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By Jackie Jones
Bad lending practices by banks are increasingly eating up disposable income, not only hurting individual consumers, but also affecting the nation’s overall economic health by diverting funds that could be spent on consumer products to servicing debt.



Red-lining in Reverse: New Federal Unit to Fight Bias in Lending

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By Doug Miller
Federal officials say the Obama administration is moving to aggressively combat discriminatory lending practices that have long undermined the ability of black and Latino Americans to become homeowners.