The killing of Marcello Lucero has stirred tensions that were all but buried in the political fervor
of the presidential race, a grim reminder that genuine change in race
relations still eludes many communities. The tragedy has resonance throughout the country. Newsday.
November 12, 2008
The presidential campaign trail is coming to an end just as the country
sputters into an economic ditch. In a pair of dueling Wall Street
Journal essays today, McCain rails against Obama's proposed tax increases for the wealthy, while Obama advocates leveling out the tax burden so that the wealthy pay more
while middle-income families get a cut. And liberal and conservative
commentators have polarized the debate into an epic battle of liberal versus conservative economic philosophies. Newsday.
November 3, 2008
In the past weeks, Cuba has suffered some of the worst infrastructure
damage in its history due to hurricanes Gustav and Ike. More than
320,000 houses and other structures have been destroyed or damaged and
the United Nations estimates losses of between $3 and 4 billion. In
addition, it is also estimated that more than half of this year's sugar
cane crop (Cuba's primary agricultural export) has been destroyed. Political Affairs.
November 13, 2008
Are American CEOs confident enough to try a performance-based compensation model? CNBC.
November 13, 2008
My financial life is not
going so well. Since outgoing expense has recently shot up over income,
I’m between a rock and a subprime. The News and Tribune.
November 13, 2008
Why do right-wing commentators get to say it's class warfare to suggest that wealthy people should pay more in taxes?
I'll tell you what's class warfare. It's class warfare to pass two sets of massive tax cuts that benefit
mostly the wealthy as President Bush did during his first term. These
two frontal assaults on working folks, transferred almost $100 billion
to the top 1 percent, while helping to turn a $5.1 trillion 10-year
federal budget surplus into a $3.7 trillion deficit. The Citizen-Times.
October 3, 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona design teacher Marsha Minniss believes the
culture of paying sky-high salaries to U.S. executives is "insane." Reuters.
November 13, 2008
The housing and subprime-mortgage crisis stands to cost minority homeowners 40 percent more of
their wealth than white homeowners in similar circumstances, an advocacy group says. The Columbus Dispatch.
November 13, 2008
The National Association of Hispanic Real
Estate Professionals (NAHREP) and Freddie Mac are co-sponsoring a new
housing-crisis survival guide, called, “The American Nightmare:
Strategies For Preventing, Surviving and Overcoming Foreclosure.”
Written by veteran housing counselors Sylvia Alvarez and Walter Walker
Jr., The American Nightmare offers consumers a step-by-step analysis
about the obstacles people must overcome in foreclosure and the
practical solutions available to them. The book, which is available in
English and Spanish, debuted last month at NAHREP ¹s 2008 Hispanic
Marketing Convention in Phoenix and goes on sale for $14.95 at
www.nahrep.org. RISMedia.
November 13, 2008
Congress has been rushing to save financial CEOs from themselves with a
$700 billion bailout that amounts to a tax of $2,333 on every man,
woman, and child in America. This is after three decades of the
nation's leaders punishing struggling Americans for their lack of
personal responsibility, from Ronald Reagan's assault on "welfare
queens" to the bipartisan slashing and capping of welfare benefits by
President Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich.The Boston Globe.
September 30, 2008
