[BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK] While most of the folks at McDonald’s (MCD) are selling burgers, some are busy putting out fires. In just the past six weeks or so, Massachusetts...
[THE NEW YORK TIMES] Some 96,000 borrowers who received checks to compensate them for wrongful foreclosures on their mortgages will be getting an additional check to correct for...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist When some of us saw the first video of Charles Ramsey, the colorful Black dishwasher in Cleveland who is...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When the FBI announced that they were placing fugitive Assata Shakur (Joanne Chesimard) on the list of most wanted terrorists...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When Beyonce Knowles sang the Etta James song “At Last” at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, the song could have...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Dudley Randall’s poem, “It seems to me, said Booker T, I disagree, said W.E.B.” points out an issue that has plagued...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Last year, James Porter, the recently-elected president of the National Rifle Association, declared that President Obama was a “fake...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist President Obama recently nominated Melvin (Mel) Watt, a long-time North Carolina Congressman, to direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)....
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist I’ve often debated with myself over the obvious ramifications the Hip Hop lifestyle imposes on society. Still, I proudly raise...
By Stella J. Adams NNPA Guest Columnist Private-equity firms, hedge funds and other Wall Street investors are seeking to develop a Real Estate Owned (REO)– to-...
