http://www.thedefendersonline.com A civil rights blog promoting informed discourse on issues of race, justice, equality and democracy. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:17:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/08/20/california-foreclosures-door-closes-harder-on-blackshispanics/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/08/20/california-foreclosures-door-closes-harder-on-blackshispanics/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:07:38 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=14617 Doug Miller Lending institutions in California have foreclosed on African-American and Latino homeowners nearly twice as much as white property owners, according to a new study by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), indicating that banks likely targeted those ethnic groups to receive more expensive and financially toxic subprime mortgages mortgages during the decade of the housing boom.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/08/20/california-foreclosures-door-closes-harder-on-blackshispanics/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/08/10/the-great-recession-and-the-racial-divide-within/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/08/10/the-great-recession-and-the-racial-divide-within/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:33:27 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=14452 The Editors Has America forgotten there’s a Great recession going on? That more than 14 million workers who recently had jobs now don’t? And that more than 44 percent of them have been out of work for six months or longer – a circumstance which has laid the foundation for a permanent jobless class numbering in the millions?]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/08/10/the-great-recession-and-the-racial-divide-within/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/30/court-finds-%e2%80%9cstrong-inference%e2%80%9d-of-discrimination-in-louisianahud-post-hurricane-recovery-program/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/30/court-finds-%e2%80%9cstrong-inference%e2%80%9d-of-discrimination-in-louisianahud-post-hurricane-recovery-program/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:59:26 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=14362 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/30/court-finds-%e2%80%9cstrong-inference%e2%80%9d-of-discrimination-in-louisianahud-post-hurricane-recovery-program/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/23/america%e2%80%99s-unemployment-crisis-every-moment-counts/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/23/america%e2%80%99s-unemployment-crisis-every-moment-counts/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:32:13 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=14303 The Editors After weeks of deadlock in Congress, the Senate and House this week quickly passed legislation extending unemployment benefits to millions of Americans who’ve been out of work for six months or longer.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/23/america%e2%80%99s-unemployment-crisis-every-moment-counts/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/16/the-mortgage-crisis-rich-defaulters-are-%e2%80%9cstrategic%e2%80%9d-blacks-and-low-income-people-are-irresponsible/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/16/the-mortgage-crisis-rich-defaulters-are-%e2%80%9cstrategic%e2%80%9d-blacks-and-low-income-people-are-irresponsible/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:44:38 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=14224 Stacey Patton Now, as the country braces for the possibility of a double-dip recession, additional spells of unemployment, and yet another wave of home foreclosures, a recent report by the New York Times found that the bulk of those dumping their mortgages are rich people. They call it “strategic defaults.”]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/16/the-mortgage-crisis-rich-defaulters-are-%e2%80%9cstrategic%e2%80%9d-blacks-and-low-income-people-are-irresponsible/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/06/black-america%e2%80%99s-perfectly-logical-faith/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/06/black-america%e2%80%99s-perfectly-logical-faith/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:14:58 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=14142 Lee A. Daniels The gateway to understanding the optimism blacks feel even in the face of an alarming deterioration of their economic position can be put in one word. Faith.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/06/black-america%e2%80%99s-perfectly-logical-faith/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/02/a-dispiriting-jobs-report-for-june/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/02/a-dispiriting-jobs-report-for-june/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:49:03 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=14115 Lee A. Daniels The nation’s unemployment rate in June declined slightly, as did the number of people counted as being out of work. But no one’s happy about it.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/07/02/a-dispiriting-jobs-report-for-june/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/06/18/foreclosure-storm-minorities-swept-up-in-greater-numbers/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/06/18/foreclosure-storm-minorities-swept-up-in-greater-numbers/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:42:01 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=13957 Doug Miller A tornado of foreclosures spawned by the subprime mortgage collapse has disproportionately flattened black and Hispanic homeowners, according to new research by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), sucking hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth from communities of color.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/06/18/foreclosure-storm-minorities-swept-up-in-greater-numbers/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/06/11/being-unemployed-while-black-a-long-term-condition/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/06/11/being-unemployed-while-black-a-long-term-condition/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:18:16 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=13878 Lee A. Daniels Black and Latino Americans are disproportionately bearing the burden of joblessness, with, relatively speaking, more of their working-age members out of work at every demographic level, from high school dropouts to college graduates.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/06/11/being-unemployed-while-black-a-long-term-condition/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/05/07/april-jobs-report-the-good-news-%e2%80%93-and-the-bad-news/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/05/07/april-jobs-report-the-good-news-%e2%80%93-and-the-bad-news/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 20:16:56 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=13450 Lee A. Daniels The mixed record of recovery of the U.S. jobs crisis continued last month as the number of new jobs created substantially outstripped expectations – but was shadowed by an increase in the unemployment rate and the number of those jobless for six months or longer. ]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/05/07/april-jobs-report-the-good-news-%e2%80%93-and-the-bad-news/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/05/04/the-april-jobs-report-the-good-news-is-not-good-enough/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/05/04/the-april-jobs-report-the-good-news-is-not-good-enough/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 02:50:29 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=13434 Lee A. Daniels The federal government’s jobs report for April is due out Thursday, and all expectations are that it will continue the recent skein of data indicating the economy has stopped the frightful two-year-long hemorrhaging of jobs and begun a modest climb toward recovery.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/05/04/the-april-jobs-report-the-good-news-is-not-good-enough/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/04/13/first-round-senate-oks-unemployment-benefits-extension/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/04/13/first-round-senate-oks-unemployment-benefits-extension/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:14:44 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=13068 Seth Freed Wessler After an afternoon of long-winded speeches from both sides of the aisle, the Senate voted to move forward with the extension of unemployment benefits.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/04/13/first-round-senate-oks-unemployment-benefits-extension/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/26/reformer-in-chief-honing-in-on-obamas-agenda/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/26/reformer-in-chief-honing-in-on-obamas-agenda/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:38:04 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12897 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/26/reformer-in-chief-honing-in-on-obamas-agenda/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/16/no-money-in-the-bank-black-women-wealth-and-assets/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/16/no-money-in-the-bank-black-women-wealth-and-assets/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:33:10 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12676 C. Nicole Mason If the average single black woman went to the bank and withdrew her wealth, she would only withdraw $100.00. And nearly half of single black women have zero or negative wealth—meaning if they inserted their cards into an ATM machine, it would more than likely be rejected.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/16/no-money-in-the-bank-black-women-wealth-and-assets/feed/ 4 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/16/notes-from-sleezacard/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/16/notes-from-sleezacard/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:32:11 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12687 Doug Miller Current changes in credit card regulations might lead to an exchange such as this...]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/16/notes-from-sleezacard/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/12/mission-critical-succeeding-at-black-america%e2%80%99s-last-chance/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/12/mission-critical-succeeding-at-black-america%e2%80%99s-last-chance/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:52:07 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12645 Lee A. Daniels Fourteen months into the Obama Presidency, it’s become more and more obvious that the spectacular example of the First Family sketches only a partial portrait of the present and possible future of Black America. The rest of the portrait—better to call it a mosaic—is far more complex and, in some areas, far less sunny.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/03/12/mission-critical-succeeding-at-black-america%e2%80%99s-last-chance/feed/ 1 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/2010/01/29/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/2010/01/22/the-missed-opportunity-of-a-lifetime/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/22/the-missed-opportunity-of-a-lifetime/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:38:35 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12011 Leslie Proll When President Obama took office last January, hopes were high that the right wing’s long stronghold on the federal courts had come to an end. LDF and other civil rights advocates were eager for a new day when fair and impartial judges would once again be nominated and confirmed in large numbers.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/22/the-missed-opportunity-of-a-lifetime/feed/ 0 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/22/obama-at-year-one/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/22/obama-at-year-one/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:31:02 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=12014 John Payton A year ago, we could barely contain our excitement as we contemplated a historic achievement. Barack Obama had won a decisive victory. There was widespread enthusiasm for his Presidency. Right after the election, Gallup reported that 68 percent of the public was proud that Obama was President. His choices of Senator Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State, of Eric Holder to be Attorney General and of Robert Gates to remain as Secretary of Defense were well received. His Inaugural speech was brilliant. We were looking forward to acknowledging and confronting fundamental problems that have plagued our society for decades.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/22/obama-at-year-one/feed/ 2 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/2010/01/20/unequal-opportunity-and-whitewashed-resumes/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/20/unequal-opportunity-and-whitewashed-resumes/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:06:38 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11969 Khalil Gibran Muhammad "Education is the key to success. Knowledge is power." Wise words repeated countless times to young people at home and in school every single day. But what should we say to them if one day their hard work meets empty promises, if their dreams are deferred, or their first paycheck of material reward is marked insufficient funds.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/20/unequal-opportunity-and-whitewashed-resumes/feed/ 1 http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/20/haiti-90999yele-501501-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-fretting-and-appreciate-social-networks/ http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/20/haiti-90999yele-501501-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-fretting-and-appreciate-social-networks/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:25:38 +0000 The Editors http://www.thedefendersonline.com/?p=11980 Jill Nelson The Haitian earthquake crisis will be remembered as the moment in which the technology and platforms that enable social networking were used and transformed by ordinary citizens—the period when Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other social networking sites became agents of change, and technology transcended commercialism, politics, personality, and trivia.]]> http://www.thedefendersonline.com/2010/01/20/haiti-90999yele-501501-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-fretting-and-appreciate-social-networks/feed/ 1 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