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Maryland Del. Burns pressures churches, blacks to oppose marriage-equality bill

By | 09.07.11 | 12:09 pm

Image by: Matt MahurinUnsatisfied with how Maryland’s religious community campaigned against same-sex-marriage legislation that died in the state House of Delegates in 2011, Del. Emmett C. Burns, Jr., is taking matters into his own hands.

Md. anti-marriage-equality advocates continue with claim marriage is not a civil right

By | 08.30.11 | 12:13 pm

Image by: Matt MahurinOn Nov. 12, 2008, eight days after California voters stripped gay and lesbian couples of their short-lived right to marry, syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins debated the campaign on “Anderson Cooper 360”. At the heart of their discussion was whether or not demonstrations More…

Pew: White households are 20 times wealthier than black, 18 times than Hispanic

By | 07.26.11 | 10:05 am

The wealth disparity between white households and black and Hispanic households reached staggering and unprecedented proportions after the housing market meltdown and subsequent recession, according to a new Pew Research Center report which analyzed Census data from 1984 to 2009. The report finds that the median white household has a More…

Suit Alleges Trusted Blacks Drew Minorities to High-Rate Loans

By | 09.17.09 | 2:39 pm

As the housing market began booming in the mid-2000s, Wells Fargo & Co. teamed up with prominent African American commentator and PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley and financial author Kelvin Boston, the host of “Moneywise,” a multicultural financial More…

Poll: George Allen Could Make Comeback in Virginia

By | 09.02.09 | 3:30 pm

Public Policy Polling releases a fascinating survey of the Virginia electorate, one that gives former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), defeated in a razor-thin 2006 re-election bid, a solid 50 percent approval rating, with 38 percent disapproving. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) is at 47-40.