NNPA NEWSWIRE — From Boston west to Seattle, and from Chicago to Miami and parts in between, the rising cost of living is particularly challenging in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Although in some respects racial equality has improved in the intervening years,” states the report, “in other respects today’s Black citizens remain sharply...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A doctoral student at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, recently compiled evidence that traces predatory lending practices to the pre-emancipated...
SAN ANTONIO OBSERVER — 50 year serves as a great opportunity to look back and see how far race in America has come and according to...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In everyday life, birthdays and anniversaries of many sorts are observed and celebrated. When it comes to consumer finance, there...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will provide $32 million in relief to consumers who were caught in a maze of...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Each year the many forms and products of predatory lending drain at minimum hundreds of billions of dollars from the...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The men and women who wear our nation’s uniform are expected to defend our nation at home and abroad. Yet,...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Consumers harmed by Green Tree Servicing, LLC, a major mortgage servicer, won an important victory. Joint enforcement actions by the...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Financially-troubled Corinthian Colleges, once one of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges, has a new financial hurdle: a $30 million fine....
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Financially-troubled Corinthian Colleges, once one of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges, has a new financial hurdle: a $30 million fine....
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Although arbitration is often associated with labor unions, millions of consumers are also affected by it and don’t even know...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Although arbitration is often associated with labor unions, millions of consumers are also affected by it and don’t even know...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In the aftermath of a letter signed by 500 consumer advocates from all 50 states, an unprecedented push for reining...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist As the annual, month-long Black History observance begins, now is a timely moment to reflect on the journey that previous...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist “Like the rest of America, Black America, in the aggregate, is better off now than it was when I...