Are payday loans a good source of emergency cash? Thanks to misleading marketing, many of its consumers unfortunately think so.
"Payday lending stores are opening their doors in low-income neighborhoods at a rate equal to Starbucks in affluent ones,” states NAACP Chairman Emeritus Julian Bond to illustrate how payday lenders are rapidly sinking their roots into our communities.
Many payday loans trap consumers by encouraging them to repeatedly pay high fees for borrowing small amounts of money.
When will the team name on this jersey change? Len Martez & Colin Hoggard discuss the Hornets name coming back to Charlotte & the Knicks getting bounced from the playoffs.
Dorian Joyner Jr., didn’t have that experience when he started his collegiate journey at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. His dad, Dorian Joyner Sr., joined him. They were classmates and Junior didn’t mind. Now, they have completed the requirements to graduate and will officially become Morehouse men walking across the stage with President Obama at the helm of their ceremony.
ATLANTA (AP/WAOK) - President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta this weekend.
The president typically speaks each spring at a handful of college and university ceremonies, he gave his first commencement address of the year at Ohio State University earlier this month.
Obama is telling college graduates that only their generation can break the cycle of a political system consumed by "small things" that works for the benefit of a few.
As we previously reported, Malcolm Shabazz, the 28-year-old grandson and first male heir of Malcolm X, was beaten to death in Mexico City eight days ago.
Shabazz had found his own calling as an activist and had been traveling the world speaking to various groups. He was young but had wisdom on many topics that stretched well beyond his years.
Detroit recently hired a new police chief.
But if Chief James Craig was expecting a honeymoon period, he was sadly mistaken. Fox 2 News Detroit reports that 13 people were shot within a 24-hour period. Though, during a press conference this week, the department failed to mention it, according to Fox 2 News.
In fact, when a reporter asked about the high number of shootings during a press conferece, a police department spokesperson shut it down.
