Communities of Color

Janell Ross

Feds Launch Probe Of Wells Fargo Housing Practices

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Latino Home Buyers, Communities of Color, Wells Fargo, Black Home Buyers, Hud, Discrimination, Foreclosure, Housing Discrimination, Justice Department, Civil Rights Violations, Housing and Urban Development, Civil Rights, Business News

Wells Fargo & Co., the nation's largest mortgage lender, is facing the second of at least two federal probes into how it treats minority borrowers and...

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard: Justice for Our Children

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Peggy Shepard, WE ACT, Public Health, Toxic Waste and Race Report, Environmental Justice Resource Center, Green, Energy Apartheid, Dumping in Dixie-Race Class and Environmental Quality, Clean Air Act, Coal-Fired Plants, Epa, Environmental Justice, Communities of Color, Moms Clean Air Force, Hazardous Waste, Green News, Ozone Standard, Unequal Protection, Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Green News
Marcia G. Yerman

Our talk covered topics from the genesis of his career as the "Father of Environmental Justice," to the role that women and mothers have played in the struggle for the health of the planet.

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NYC Wins Award for the Most Marijuana Arrests in the World

Jesse Levine | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: East New York, Young People, Upper East Side, Drug Policy Alliance, Nyc, Pot Arrests, Michael Bloomberg, City Council, Michelle Alexander, Illegal Searches, Marijuana Possession, Jim Crow, Black and Latino, Communities of Color, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Award, Mass Incarceration, Racism, Marijuana Arrests, Stop-Fisk, New York News
Jesse Levine

Community leaders, drug policy reform advocates and two members of the City Council gave a satirical award to Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday for making New York City the "Marijuana Arrest Capitol Of The World."

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How Credit Scores Disproportionately Hurt Communities of Color

Preeti Vissa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Credit Score, Foreclosure, Subprime Mortgages, African Americans, Recession, Communities of Color, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Fico, Black Communities, Credit History, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Minorities, Business News
Preeti Vissa

Credit scores contributed to the disproportionate effect the foreclosure crisis had on minorities. What's more, they also have the potential to pound communities of color even further.

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What Progressives Must Learn from the ACORN Debacle

Rinku Sen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communities-of-Color, ACORN Funding, Acorn Voter Registration, Community Organizing, Acorn Scandal, Acorn, People of Color, Politics News
Rinku Sen

The attack on ACORN isn't about ACORN alone. It's an element of a conservative strategy to discredit the Obama administration, destroy organizing capacity among progressives and quiet voices for change.

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Lessons From Black History: Obama's First Year Is 'Back to the Future'

Maya Wiley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Communities-of-Color, Obama Black History, Black History, Illegal Immigrants, Black History Month, Politics News
Maya Wiley

Obama's first year in office has been defined by very real concerns -- getting and keeping jobs, providing the health care we need. But these real concerns, coupled with a black president, have prompted prejudice.

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Beyond the Noise -- 12 Quiet Ways Obama is Building a More Equitable America

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf Coast, New Orleans, Communities of Color, Poverty, Equity, Urban Policy, People of Color, Working Families, Low Income Families, Anniversary, Barack Obama, Politics News
Angela Glover Blackwell

Quietly, under-the-radar and away from the cameras, the Obama Administration has been diligently working to lay the foundation for a more vibrant and equitable America.

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