May 2011

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GOP Rep. Walsh: Obama was elected because he is a `black man who was articulate’

Washington Post
- Yesterday, GOP Rep. Joe Walsh raged at Jewish Americans for not being sufficiently pro-Israel. Many Jews simply refuse to buy conservative falsehoods about Obama’s stance on the 1967 lines, and the good Congressman finds this wholly unacceptable.
Today, Dave Weigel has published an interview with Walsh, in which he claims that Obama was only [...]

African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asians Comprise Nearly Half of Mortgage Loan Modification Scam Victims, HPF Hotline Finds

Nearly half the victims of mortgage loan modification scams are of African-American, Hispanic, or Asian descent, according to statistics released today by the Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF), an independent national nonprofit dedicated to helping distressed homeowners navigate financial challenges and avoid mortgage foreclosure since 2004. Nearly one-in-four of the possibly fraudulent scams reported were in [...]

Lawyer: Sex lawsuit involving Ga. pastor Long resolved

Lawsuits brought by four young men who accused a Georgia megachurch pastor of sexual misconduct have been resolved, attorneys for both sides said Thursday, bringing a quiet end to a blockbuster legal complaint that targeted a powerful national religious leader.
Both sides declined to discuss terms of the deal, other than to say the civil suits [...]

Ending poverty by creating Black wealth in 2011

Milwaukee Courier
- The first place to end poverty is in your own mindset. If you believe that you are supposed to live in an unending state of poverty and hopelessness, then that is exactly where you will continue to find yourself. It is, therefore, refreshing to witness President Barack Obama and the U.S. Department of [...]

Tyler Perry and Spike Lee’s Irreconcilable Differences

Xavier James
- I understand why Director Spike Lee is upset. And I definitely can’t say that I blame him. For over twenty years now he’s worked his butt off to change the horrible stereotypes of Black folks on the big screen, only to have Tyler Perry, within a few short years, drag us all [...]

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