http://www.thedefendersonline.com A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/09/aig-lenders-pay-for-discriminating-against-blacks/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/09/aig-lenders-pay-for-discriminating-against-blacks/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:09:46 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12578 Doug Miller Two subsidiaries of American International Group Inc. (AIG), the “ too big to fail” insurer that received one of the biggest slices of the federal financial services bailout, will pay more than $6 million to settle allegations that they discriminated against African Americans by charging them higher fees for mortgages transacted during a period from 2003 to 2006.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/09/aig-lenders-pay-for-discriminating-against-blacks/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/05/the-business-of-you-credit-card-rules-feel-more-like-a-shell-game/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/05/the-business-of-you-credit-card-rules-feel-more-like-a-shell-game/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:10:13 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12525 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.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/05/the-business-of-you-credit-card-rules-feel-more-like-a-shell-game/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/23/obama-administration-offers-settlement-for-black-farmers/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/23/obama-administration-offers-settlement-for-black-farmers/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:31:15 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12467 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.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/23/obama-administration-offers-settlement-for-black-farmers/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/22/ldf-defends-chicago-black-firefighters/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/22/ldf-defends-chicago-black-firefighters/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:28:14 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12438 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.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/22/ldf-defends-chicago-black-firefighters/feed/ 3 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/19/the-business-of-you-going-for-the-gold/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/19/the-business-of-you-going-for-the-gold/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:29:45 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12411 Jackie Jones Black folks may be easy marks for online and mail-in gold businesses.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/19/the-business-of-you-going-for-the-gold/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/16/reality-check-one-year-after-stimulus-blacks-and-latinos-still-struggling/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/16/reality-check-one-year-after-stimulus-blacks-and-latinos-still-struggling/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:06:37 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12376 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.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/16/reality-check-one-year-after-stimulus-blacks-and-latinos-still-struggling/feed/ 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/05/beyond-partisan-wars-breaking-down-health-care-reform/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/05/beyond-partisan-wars-breaking-down-health-care-reform/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:55:31 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12235 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?]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/05/beyond-partisan-wars-breaking-down-health-care-reform/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/04/cartoon-february-4-2010/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/04/cartoon-february-4-2010/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:20:18 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12229 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.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/04/cartoon-february-4-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/02/dying-quietly-the-employee-free-choice-act/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/02/dying-quietly-the-employee-free-choice-act/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:29:14 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12188 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.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/02/02/dying-quietly-the-employee-free-choice-act/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/29/the-business-of-you-bank-of-overdraft-policies-protect-no-one/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/29/the-business-of-you-bank-of-overdraft-policies-protect-no-one/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:26:03 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12167 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.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/29/the-business-of-you-bank-of-overdraft-policies-protect-no-one/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/26/red-lining-in-reverse-new-federal-unit-to-fight-bias-in-lending/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/26/red-lining-in-reverse-new-federal-unit-to-fight-bias-in-lending/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:18:53 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12071 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.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/26/red-lining-in-reverse-new-federal-unit-to-fight-bias-in-lending/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/22/real-world-therapy-for-retail-bankers-five-steps-to-a-healthy-business-and-renewed-popularity/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/22/real-world-therapy-for-retail-bankers-five-steps-to-a-healthy-business-and-renewed-popularity/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:09:59 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12002 Doug Miller Maybe, just maybe, America’s retail bankers really don’t get it. Despite being hauled before Congress, derided by the president and sinking like a bar of gold bullion in an increasingly choppy sea of public opinion, maybe they’re just incapable at this point of seeing the balance sheet for what it really is.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/22/real-world-therapy-for-retail-bankers-five-steps-to-a-healthy-business-and-renewed-popularity/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/15/time-to-give-haiti-its-due/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/15/time-to-give-haiti-its-due/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:26:24 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11917 Karen Hunter Out of the tragedy and devastation in the aftermath of the horrific earthquake that struck Haiti this week, there is opportunity. There is a chance to make things right.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/15/time-to-give-haiti-its-due/feed/ 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/12/15/black-farmers-settlement-fund-now-you-see-it-now-you-don%e2%80%99t/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/12/15/black-farmers-settlement-fund-now-you-see-it-now-you-don%e2%80%99t/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:49:20 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11524 Doug Miller After a recent meeting with U.S. Senate majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, John W. Boyd, Jr., the head of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) said roughly 80,000 new claims have been filed under a re-energized suit to compensate black farmers for discrimination suffered at the hands of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), but funds earmarked to settle the claims apparently have been misplaced in the year-end budget shuffle.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/12/15/black-farmers-settlement-fund-now-you-see-it-now-you-don%e2%80%99t/feed/ 2 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/12/08/welfare-%e2%80%93-the-vanishing-safety-net/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/12/08/welfare-%e2%80%93-the-vanishing-safety-net/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:25:50 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11444 Jackie Jones The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), heralded as welfare reform during the Clinton administration, comes up before Congress next year for reauthorization. Whether the program, which was purportedly intended to assist the needy while gradually moving them off assistance and into the workplace, will continue as presently constructed or morph into something else remains to be seen.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/12/08/welfare-%e2%80%93-the-vanishing-safety-net/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/12/01/stimulus-part-ii-job-creation-and-recovery-for-african-americans/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/12/01/stimulus-part-ii-job-creation-and-recovery-for-african-americans/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:55:46 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11374 C. Nicole Mason The Administration is mulling over the possibility of another stimulus bill that would focus on job creation. The likely companion to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 comes at time when the national unemployment rate has hit a record high of 10.2 percent.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/12/01/stimulus-part-ii-job-creation-and-recovery-for-african-americans/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/24/jump-street-maryland-jobs-program-reboots-young-lives/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/24/jump-street-maryland-jobs-program-reboots-young-lives/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:36:44 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11305 Deborah Rudacille The Montgomery County Conservation Corps combines job training with intensive counseling and character-building. But it is the promise of earning a GED that gets most corps members in the door.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/24/jump-street-maryland-jobs-program-reboots-young-lives/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/20/food-insecurity-america%e2%80%99s-growing-hunger/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/20/food-insecurity-america%e2%80%99s-growing-hunger/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:49:59 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11255 TaRessa Stovall Experts call it “food insecurity … meaning that the food intake is reduced and … disrupted at times … because the household lacked money and other resources for food.” And not surprisingly, it’s on the rise.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/20/food-insecurity-america%e2%80%99s-growing-hunger/feed/ 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/20/add-another-problem-experts-blame-black-single-mothers-for-%e2%80%98food-insecurity%e2%80%99/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/20/add-another-problem-experts-blame-black-single-mothers-for-%e2%80%98food-insecurity%e2%80%99/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:17:02 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11249 Makani Themba Nixon A recent Cornell University study finds that half of all US children and 90 percent of black children will eat food paid for by food stamps at some point in their childhoods. You, like the good folk at Cornell, may think this is dire and even shocking news. And for good reason, as the co-authors of the study write in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine that food stamp use is an important indicator of poverty and food insecurity.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/20/add-another-problem-experts-blame-black-single-mothers-for-%e2%80%98food-insecurity%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/12/bought-sold-blacks-and-the-buying-of-gotham-city-in-the-2009-mayoral-election/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/12/bought-sold-blacks-and-the-buying-of-gotham-city-in-the-2009-mayoral-election/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:33:54 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11185 C. Nicole Mason The mayoral race in New York City could have been a classic David and Goliath story: Billionaire incumbent spends 100 million only to be defeated by small time politico with few dollars and even fewer big city connections. This unlikely story might have been the case if blacks and Latinos had turned out in larger numbers on Election Day.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/12/bought-sold-blacks-and-the-buying-of-gotham-city-in-the-2009-mayoral-election/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/07/rising-numbers-of-the-homeless-back-to-the-future/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/07/rising-numbers-of-the-homeless-back-to-the-future/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:55:04 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11114 Jackie Jones Without a national agenda on mental health treatment, Torrey predicted, many states would be wrestling with substantial increases in the number of and funding treatment for the mentally ill homeless and mentally ill prison inmates.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/11/07/rising-numbers-of-the-homeless-back-to-the-future/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/21/the-black-church-and-the-recession/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/21/the-black-church-and-the-recession/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:00:57 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=10918 Jackie Jones While the current recession has forced blacks, along with other Americans, to cut back, previous studies have found that when money gets tight, giving to churches often increases because people hope for blessings in return.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/21/the-black-church-and-the-recession/feed/ 2 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/16/the-long-term-unemployed-caught-in-a-perfect-economic-storm/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/16/the-long-term-unemployed-caught-in-a-perfect-economic-storm/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:47:58 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=10875 Lee A. Daniels Last month, according to the National Employment Law Project (NELP), an advocacy group, 400,000 of the long-term unemployed stopped receiving federal benefits. This month another 200,000 are due to be cut off. Unless Congress acts to again extend benefits for the long-term unemployed as it did earlier in the recession, by the end of December a total of 1.3 million of the long-term jobless across the country will be in the same predicament.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/16/the-long-term-unemployed-caught-in-a-perfect-economic-storm/feed/ 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/09/riots-real-estate-and-selective-memory/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/09/riots-real-estate-and-selective-memory/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:40:19 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=10739 Beryl Satter Ask any American over the age of fifty about “the riots,” and a clear image comes to mind. The time is the 1960s, the place is the urban north, and the rioter is an African American, hell-bent on arson and looting. Ask the same American about the massive mortgage frauds of the 1970s, which left black urban communities across the nation in ruins, and you’ll get a blank stare.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/09/riots-real-estate-and-selective-memory/feed/ 2 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/09/tofu-baby-bok-choy-for-the-poor-or-the-yuppies/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/09/tofu-baby-bok-choy-for-the-poor-or-the-yuppies/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:19:53 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=10770 Stacey Patton
Could it be that all this sprucing up and stocking of healthier food has something to do with the influx of the neighborhood’s white residents?]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2009/10/09/tofu-baby-bok-choy-for-the-poor-or-the-yuppies/feed/ 0