![“[Donald] Trump and his appointees have done everything in their power to undermine the Consumer Bureau. Mick Mulvaney, who Trump installed to serve as Acting Director of the agency, dropped lawsuits and investigations into abusive payday lenders, took away the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity’s enforcement powers, fired the members of the agency’s Consumer Advisory Board, scaled back enforcement actions against bad actors, sought to slash the agency’s budget, and apparently made it his mission to help out bad actors,” said Congresswoman Maxine Waters.](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/mulvaney-featured-web-1000x600.jpg)
![“[Donald] Trump and his appointees have done everything in their power to undermine the Consumer Bureau. Mick Mulvaney, who Trump installed to serve as Acting Director of the agency, dropped lawsuits and investigations into abusive payday lenders, took away the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity’s enforcement powers, fired the members of the agency’s Consumer Advisory Board, scaled back enforcement actions against bad actors, sought to slash the agency’s budget, and apparently made it his mission to help out bad actors,” said Congresswoman Maxine Waters.](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/mulvaney-featured-web-400x240.jpg)
![“[Donald] Trump and his appointees have done everything in their power to undermine the Consumer Bureau. Mick Mulvaney, who Trump installed to serve as Acting Director of the agency, dropped lawsuits and investigations into abusive payday lenders, took away the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity’s enforcement powers, fired the members of the agency’s Consumer Advisory Board, scaled back enforcement actions against bad actors, sought to slash the agency’s budget, and apparently made it his mission to help out bad actors,” said Congresswoman Maxine Waters.](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/mulvaney-featured-web-80x80.jpg)
NNPA NEWSWIRE — What happens over the next five years will test the mettle of those who fought to create an agency given the mission to...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Recently, CBC Member Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08) was elected chair of the Democratic Caucus, and Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (D-SC-06) was elected...
NNPA NEWSWIRE - “Next year symbolizes a moment in time where people of African descent regardless of where they exist within our Diaspora can reconnect and...
Houston Forward Times — The year 2018 will be remembered for a number of reasons, especially for the number of African American women who were elected...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Under pressure from President Donald Trump and many of his Republican colleagues, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he will...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The assertion that there is no substantial differential racial impact in jury selection, however well intended, has been largely discredited by research and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The key takeaway of this poll is clear: Democrats’ 2018 wins across the country were dependent on voters of color, particularly Black voters,...
THE AFRO — When Virginia’s current State Director John Knapp retires at the end of the year, Keren Charles Dongo, a Black woman who served as...
![The rule undermines the Administration’s own Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, issued just a few months ago, which calls for an increased focus on preventing homelessness, including by “Improv[ing] access to federally funded housing assistance by eliminating administrative barriers and encouraging targeting and prioritization of affordable housing to … populations that are especially vulnerable to homelessness.”](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/public-charge-rule-featured-web-1000x600.jpg)
![The rule undermines the Administration’s own Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, issued just a few months ago, which calls for an increased focus on preventing homelessness, including by “Improv[ing] access to federally funded housing assistance by eliminating administrative barriers and encouraging targeting and prioritization of affordable housing to … populations that are especially vulnerable to homelessness.”](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/public-charge-rule-featured-web-400x240.jpg)
![The rule undermines the Administration’s own Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, issued just a few months ago, which calls for an increased focus on preventing homelessness, including by “Improv[ing] access to federally funded housing assistance by eliminating administrative barriers and encouraging targeting and prioritization of affordable housing to … populations that are especially vulnerable to homelessness.”](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/public-charge-rule-featured-web-80x80.jpg)
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…Let us be clear: human rights and human needs do not disappear based on immigration status. Everyone needs a safe, secure place to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — If you ride with Donald Trump, who controls 40% of the national electorate, this missive is for you. For those who gifted him...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The resolution to these issues in Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina is very simple, Anthony continued. “Respect the will of the people. Get...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Despite being portrayed as public health solutions, [beverage taxes] end up harming the exact residents that they are supposed to help – primarily...
THE AFRO — While Prince George’s County is celebrating the historicity of Angela Alsobrooks taking the helm as the first woman to serve as County Executive,...
OKLAHOMA EAGLE — I came to know and later work for and with President George H.W. Bush in 1987 when a dear friend and pioneer Black...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Rather than focusing on the right-wing populists, including the neofascists, who regularly call for marginalizing or exterminating Jews, pro-Israeli hawks are using the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — President George H.W. Bush has died after 94 years of a vibrant life. There is one thing that we must all admit: He...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — These caravans were started 15 years ago, and in 2018 the situation has reached human rights conditions, because with the election of President...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Too many cities and states are willing to offer exorbitant tax breaks to attract a few jobs. Meanwhile, our infrastructure is crumbling, our...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Bass has continued to represent the 37th congressional district of California by being an active voice for criminal justice reform, fighting for America’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…we are witnessing Republican-led efforts to suppress the votes of Americans in minority communities by passing strict voter identification laws in Pennsylvania, Arkansas,...
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — During the recent Magic City Bar Association (MCBA) Annual Scholarship Banquet three of Birmingham’s African-American mayors gathered to discuss the city they...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Word of Former Pres. George Herbert Walker Bush’s passing opened a door to a space in my mind where I had stored memories...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Bush was tapped on the shoulder many more times, like when he created a Yale chapter of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF)...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Rockeymoore Cummings defeated Kathleen Matthews, who was the incumbent, for the position. Matthews is a Montgomery County businesswoman. The term for Maryland Democratic...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Part of what makes the current analysis of the George H.W. Bush’s legacy complicated is that the bar has been lowered by Donald...
