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Dem Lawmakers Reintroduce Slavery Remembrance Day Resolution

by Stacy M. Brown November 17, 2021December 21, 2021

Rep. Al Green and Sen. Elizabeth Warren have again introduced a resolution to designate Aug. 20 as Slavery Remembrance Day.

Dem Lawmakers Revive Homeownership Bill on Capitol Hill

by WI Guest Author February 26, 2021December 21, 2021

After hours of testimony before the House Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance, witnesses raise their hands in response to a question on whether homeownership discrimination against Blacks continues today. Seated left to right are: Alanna McCargo, vice president for Housing Finance Policy, Urban Institute; Nikitra Bailey, executive vice president, Center for Responsible Lending; Joseph Nery, president, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals; Jeff Hicks, president/CEO; National Association of Black Real Estate Brokers (NAREB); Carmen Castro, managing housing counselor, Housing Initiative Partnership; Joanne Poole, liaison for the National Association of Realtors; and Joel Griffith, research fellow, Financial Regulations, The Heritage Foundation. (Hazel Trice Edney/Trice Edney News Wire)

NAREB Takes Fight for Black Homeownership to Congressional Hearing

by WI Guest Author June 4, 2019December 21, 2021

Mick Mulvaney

Financial Literacy

CBC Members Join Call to Make CFPB Payday Lending Actions Accountable

by WI Guest Author February 1, 2018October 31, 2020

Charlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Payday Lenders Try End Run Around State Laws, CFPB Regs

by WI Guest Author November 16, 2017October 31, 2020

Books

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Soul Survivor: A Biography of Al Green’ by Jimmy McDonough

by WI Guest Author August 30, 2017October 31, 2020

Texas Lawmaker to Begin Impeachment Proceedings Against Trump

by WI Guest Author June 7, 2017October 30, 2020