BarCampDC2 was held on Oct. 18, I realize that is was also the day LifeTime aired their movie Living Proof. (I went to the screening but I will post that later). On a day that LifeTime airs a movie about a scientist testing for a breast cancer gene to attack a disease that [...]
Ironically, Palin has said definitively said that the companies took advantage. This is clearly a change. She blamed uneducated consumers for choosing bad loans.
Biden states that Obama has been saying that the subprime lending was a problem, but that the constant voting of deregulation from McCain has caused some of our problems today.
When Palin [...]
Last night the Senate voted on a revised bill of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. They rejected the bill that failed the House vote by 12. Republicans were the largest opponents to that bill. The bill started out as four pages from President Bush with little to no oversight, to a version where the House [...]
The Digital Divide discussion arose in a digital transition session at the Congressional Black Caucus week. The session was called It Takes a Village to Stay Connected in the New Digital Era.
The focus of the discussion was about the DTV coupons. These are coupons for converter boxes to assist people to transition from analog [...]
I was asked to attend the announcement of the Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) new program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy. I bumped into an old friend Julianne Malveaux. She is an author, economist, and political commentator. Malveaux is currently the President of Bennett College in North Carolina. When I asked her would she rather [...]
Yesterday Feminist Majority PAC, National Organization for Women PAC, Business and Professional Women PAC, National Association of Social Workers PACE, National Congress of Black Women, and the Women’s Information Network endorsed the Democratic Nominee Presidential ticket, Senator Obama and Biden. I was present with many other reporters and women’s rights organizations including the National Council [...]
