By Dr. L. LaSimba M. Gray Jr., Special to The New Tri-State Defender With a 7 p.m. parade down Beale Street to Church Park, Memphis…
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Since its inception, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) mandate was to protect consumers from discriminatory lending as well as to ensure fair access to credit. In addition to violations of the Fair Housing Act, CFPB also has the authority to refer potential violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to the Justice Department.
A war, Mr. Trump may be estimating, could “rescue” him politically, and inject more money into the Pentagon. The U.S. “war strategy” was revealed by Reps. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) after a House Armed Services Committee meeting and confirmed to The Intercept by Rep. Gabbard. “We were all in that meeting with Pompeo where those statements were made,” Ms. Gabbard said.
Importing Prescription Drugs into Florida More Show than Serious Policy
She Said: Woo hoo! Don, are you ready for the next Gloria Allred moment? Jeffrey Epstein, former hedge fund manager and purveyor of underage girls to the rich and powerful has been indicted in New York. In my humble opinion he should burn in hell, but I’m curious to see who he throws under the bus in an effort to save his own skin. A credible victim has stepped forward who claims to have been raped at the age of 13 by Epstein AND his good buddy Donald J. Trump. Could this sordid episode finally sink the Trumptanic?!
Georgia Republican representatives apathetic toward Blacks On March 7, 2019, Florida Democratic Congresswoman Frederica Wilson introduced house bill H.R. 1636, Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act. Not surprising all five Georgia Democratic representatives cosponsored the bill, but none of the nine Republican representatives.
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“..the odds of a Black man prevailing in a high-profile criminal court case being tried in an American courtroom are tantamount to President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell waiting tables at a soul food restaurant in Harlem while offering reparations for slavery.
Orlando is a beautiful place to live, but only if you can afford some of the highest rents in the country. “In other words, thanks to inaction on local and federal levels, Orlando’s affordable housing crisis is about to get a lot worse before it gets any better,” says Colin Wolf – blogger for the Orlando Weekly.