Auction worker Brad Pace signals a bid on a property during an auction of several hundred foreclosed homes.
Blacks 3.8 times more likely than whites to receive a higher-cost home loan
Barbara Anderson and her husband know racism. Among the first black people to move into an Ohio neighbourhood 25 years ago, she watched in horror as [...]
Concerned about Senator Barack Obama’s presidential fund-raising, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign has dispatched former President Bill Clinton to attend 16 fund-raisers in the last six weeks and to lead conference calls and Internet appeals to donors, in some cases assessing Mr. Obama’s positions on Iraq. NY Times
One minute they tell us how committed to education they are the next…
The Orange County school district likely will serve fewer low-income children in its pre-kindergarten classes next year because some of its schools did not meet Florida’s class-size rules this year. more
ECONOMIC REPORT
New-home sales fall to seven-year low
February’s inventories of unsold houses at a 16-year high
This article originally appeared on the New America Media website
William Reed
It’s being hyped as “a clash of cultures.” Bruce Gordon was unable to able to fit into the NAACP bureaucracy and now the NAACP’s opponents are labeling the situation as being: “Gordon was too new school.” And, that Gordon epitomized a generational struggle within Black [...]
the subprime “carnage” and “meltdown”
Below is an article by a real estate veteran/foreclosure expert on how he thinks the real estate cycle will play out in 2007. I find it way more real and interesting than big talks by Greenspan or Bernanke.
Foreclosures, Real Estate Financing, and Their Impact to the Real Estate Market
Starting from 2002, [...]
The Kansas City Star
“What I saw was African-Americans being assigned to stores in African-American clientele locations, a decision I felt was solely based on race,” Tucker said. “I also felt that African-Americans weren’t promoted within the company as easily as others and that we were given the low-profit, high-shrink, the low-sales-volume stores, and that affected [...]
“He has never stopped being consigliere to Mr. Bush’s imperial presidency. If anyone, outside Mr. Bush’s rapidly shrinking circle of enablers, still had doubts about that, the events of last week should have erased them.” read the editorial here
Walk you way to better health.
If you enjoy walking and want to stay in shape, you will love the Health Central Walkers program. This indoor walking program is held at the West Oaks Mall in Ocoee. No matter your age or fitness level, you can participate in a clean, climate-controlled environment. Perfect for year-around walking. [...]
Vicky Bell
When testing really began to be pushed in 1998, my son was in the fourth grade in public school. I had home schooled him for his first and second grade years of school, so he could already multiply and divide by third grade, but the public school did not begin division until fourth [...]
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