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Getting A Loan Is Just As Easy For African-American Females As White Males, Study Shows
Black borrowers have faced higher hurdles to getting loans, even before the Great Recession’s infamous credit crunch. But one subsection of the community has managed to evade financial institutions’ discriminatory practices, a new study from the University of Iowa shows. … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Women, economy, Great Recession, loans, money, Perception, United States, White Males
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Socioeconomic Stress Leaves Lasting Scars
By Kim Hall and Jan Diehm For many Americans, stress isn’t juggling family and an outsize job, or looking for meaning in work and relationships. The stress of poverty can have devastating effects on wellbeing — and when it occurs … Continue reading
McCrory Vetoes Welfare Drug Testing Bill
By Joseph Diebold North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) vetoed a bill Thursday that would have mandated drug testing for some public benefits applicants in the state, calling it an expensive and ineffective way to fight drug addiction. “Drug testing … Continue reading
AMC Is Thriving by Breaking the Rules of Legacy TV
By Zachary M. Seward It’s good to be AMC Networks right now. The season premiere of AMC’s Breaking Bad drew 5.9 million viewers in the United States on Sunday night, double the figure for its premiere a year ago. That kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged AMC, AMC Networks, Breaking Bad, Cable television, entertainment, television, United States
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Did You Know the Deficit Is Shrinking? Most Americans Don’t, Thanks to Shameless Deficit Hawk Propaganda
By Lynn Stuart Parramore Remember all those deficit hawks who screamed that the federal deficit is spiraling out of control and must be stopped with spending cuts that have a funny way of hurting the pocketbooks of the most vulnerable Americans? … Continue reading
North Carolina Governor Signs America’s Worst Voter Suppression Bill Into Law
By Ian Millhiser On Monday, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signed into law a massive voter suppression bill compiling numerous different provisions used to restrict voting in other states. Among other things, the bill includes a strict voter ID law, … Continue reading
How Many Americans Are Rotting in Prison Because of Secret Evidence Collected by Spy Agencies?
By Andrew O’Hehir So the paranoid hippie pot dealer you knew in college was right all along: The feds really were after him. In the latest post-Snowden bombshell about the extent and consequences of government spying, we learned from Reuters reporters … Continue reading
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Having a friend of a different race
By Clarence Page Nonwhite Americans are much more likely than white Americans to have a friend of a different race, a new poll finds. The poll released by Reuters/Ipsos on Thursday found that about 40 percent of white Americans say they … Continue reading →