Bank Law Firm Mocks Foreclosed Homeowners on Halloween
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 31, 2011
There’s an important op-ed this week in the New York Times that marks the first anniversary of one of the most tasteless Halloween stunts in recent memory
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Foreclosures
Tags: foreclosures, halloween, homeless, homeowners, law firm, mocks
Will Federal Refi Program Help States Most in Need?
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 28, 2011
Changes to a federal refinance program could offer a lifeline to 1 million homeowners nationally, but it may not have as big an impact in some states hardest hit by foreclosures.
Categories: Foreclosures, Top Stories
Tags: fannie mae, federal refinance program, forelcosure, freddie mac, homeowners, underwater
Why Homelessness is Becoming an Occupy Wall Street Issue
Tomdispatch.com, Commentary, Posted: Oct 27, 2011
Homeless people confront the same issues every day as those participating in Occupy Wall Street protests.
Categories: Economy, Foreclosures, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: homeless, indigent, latrine, less forberance, occupy wall street, pee, public
NAM Radio: A Guide to Occupy Wall Street
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
What is Occupy Wall Street and who is involved? Here is a primer, from someone in the midst of it all.
Categories: African American, Asian, Audio, Economy, Education, Environment, European, Foreclosures, Gender & Sexuality, Health, Immigration, Indigenous, International Affairs, Intersections, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: #occupywallstreet, #ows, bert cannavelli, demands, description, guide, introduction, manifesto, movement, occupy the nation, occupy wall street, what is occupy wall street, who
Black America Is Moving South—and to the ‘Burbs. What’s It Mean?
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 10, 2011
The U.S. Census Bureau released findings from the 2010 Census this month that reveal a dramatic migration underway within black America. Over the past decade, hundreds of thousands of black people have relocated to the South and, around the country, have moved from the cities to the suburbs.
Categories: African American, Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Foreclosures
Tags: 2010, black, census, demography, moving, population, south, suburb
Kamala Harris to Ethnic Media: Inform Your Communities About Foreclosure
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 06, 2011
California's Attorney General has proposed a new course of action to address foreclosure in the state, and ethnic media has a key role.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media in the News, Foreclosures, Latino, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: californiaattorneygeneral, californiabanksettlement, ethnicmedia, foreclosure, kamalaharris
Homeowners to Banks: Clean Up the Mess You Left in Our Neighborhood
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Oct 03, 2011
Homeowners to Banks: Clean Up the Mess You Left in Our Neighborhood
Categories: Economy, Ethnic Media Headlines, Foreclosures
Tags: Homeowners to Banks: Clean Up the Mess You Left in Our Neighborhood
California Atty. General’s Office Pulls out of Settlement with Banks
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 01, 2011
California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced yesterday that she's pulling out of a pending 50-state settlement with banks over wrongful foreclosures, because she didn't want to give the banks blanket immunity.
Categories: Foreclosures, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories
Tags: $20 million, banks, foreclosures, kamala harris, no leverage, pullout, settlement