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  • Latino Finance

    Van Hollen and Kaine introduce bill to protect low-income veterans and families from housing discrimination

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 23, 2022
    June 23, 2022 Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in reintroducing the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2022 ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Record inflation reduces housing affordability and widens racial wealth gaps

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 23, 2022
    By Charlene Crowell This summer, temperatures are not the only ones to exceed normal. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the country’s ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Rent payment history helps more black and Latino buyers qualify for a mortgage – Harlem World Magazine

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 22, 2022
    harlem brownstone Tenants from Harlem to Hollywood want to become homeowners but are worried about their credit history. It is important for them to ...
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  • Latino Economies

    What issues could motivate Florida voters in the 2022 election?

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 22, 2022
    Susan MacManus may have retired from teaching at the University of South Florida, but she’s still a political scientist eyeing the midterm reviews. As ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Grand Forks Growth Fund handles lending to local businesses – Grand Forks Herald

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 20, 2022
    GRAND FORKS – A handful of companies were represented at the Grand Forks Growth Fund meeting on Monday asking for a variety of types ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Falling behind on your mortgage payment? The state can help – GV Wire

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 20, 2022
    Fresno County officials are drawing attention to $1 billion in mortgage relief for California homeowners behind on their payments due to pandemic-inflicted hardship. While ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Crypto billionaire PAC spends nearly $1 million in Illinois Democratic congressional primaries

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 19, 2022
    WASHINGTON — Protect Our Future, a political action committee funded by cryptocurrency billionaire Samuel Bankman-Fried, has spent $914,944 to boost three Illinois Democratic primary ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Democrats have illusions about why they’re losing Hispanic voters

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 19, 2022
    November is right around the corner, and Democrats have a problem: In key states like Texas, they’re losing Hispanic voters. But rather than being ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Minimum Wage Increase and Fair Work Week Improvements Take Effect July 1 | Latin voice | Chicago News

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 18, 2022
    Chicago Minimum Wage Increase and Improvements fair work week ordinance takes effect July 1. Andy Fox, Director of Labor Standards for the Chicago Department ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    COMMENT: Juneteenth Holiday touches the collective memory of African Americans: it deserves the honor

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 18, 2022
    By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌, CA‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ Black women running for political office at all levels in the state of California showed strong in ...
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  • Latino Finance

    School policing controversy resurfaces at annual LAUSD budget talks – Daily News

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 18, 2022
    Despite a dwindling student population, the looming end of COVID-19 relief dollars, and increased responsibilities such as paying retiree benefits, the Los Angeles Unified ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Three questions for the near future of the labor market

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 17, 2022
    Over the past two months, the U.S. economy has created a total of 826,000 jobs, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    NAMMBA Announces Partnership with Newfi Lending

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 17, 2022
    Newfi Loan Partnership Newfi Lending reinforces its commitment to diversity and inclusion through the ASIL program Newfi is honored to take this step forward ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Eurobattery Minerals takes over the vice-presidency of the Swedish-Spanish Chamber of Commerce and strengthens its contribution to the green transition

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 17, 2022
    DGAP-News: Eurobattery Minerals AB / Keyword(s): MiscellaneousEurobattery Minerals takes over the vice-presidency of the Swedish-Spanish Chamber of Commerce and strengthens its contribution to the ...
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  • Latino Finance

    New survey reveals lessons for selling services — and succeeding — to an increasingly multicultural America

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 16, 2022
    Spending on symbols of success is universal, but the definition of success varies in an increasingly multicultural America. Tweet that Access the latest research ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Jennings council plans to rename street after MLK – Reuters

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 15, 2022
    (Metro Creative Services) JENNINGS – Some local residents expressed their opinions this week on a plan to rename Peters Street leading to Marcus Cain ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Independent booksellers are growing in number and diversity in 2021

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 15, 2022
    NEW YORK (AP) — Laura Romani, a Chicago-area resident with a background in education and library science, had been thinking about a new career. ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Lin-Manuel Miranda participates in the launch of the Latinx LGBTQ support program

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 14, 2022
    Breadcrumb Links PMN Company Author of the article: The Associated Press Glenn Gamboa Lin-Manuel Miranda attends the Clive Davis 90th Birthday Celebration at Casa ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Bill would donate $25,000 to aspiring school counsellors, social workers

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 14, 2022
    Julie Leopo for EdSource SB 1229 would award grants of up to $25,000 to individuals pursuing careers in youth mental health. Julie Leopo for ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Expanded HMDA data shows racial disparities persist in mortgage lending

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 13, 2022
    Source: Shutterstock. An FDIC economist found that racial disparities in mortgage lending persist even after weighting costs and denial rates by the widest range ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Racial justice organizations call on Congress to restore child tax credit

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 13, 2022
    A protest organized by the ParentsTogether Foundation in support of the Child Tax Credit portion of the Build Back Better Bill outside the United ...
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  • Latino Finance

    The donor covers tuition and books for graduates of an HISD high school

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 12, 2022
    An anonymous donor has pledged to cover one semester’s worth of tuition and textbooks for Liberty High School’s latest graduates, the Houston Independent School ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Race, Reparations and Reproductive Justice fulfills the role of the Race and Gender Justice Committee of the 225th General Assembly in June 2022

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 12, 2022
    “We, as people of faith, recognize that the only proper path to healing and reconciliation is to recognize the wrongs that we, the Presbyterian ...
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  • Latino Economies

    efforts to create affordable housing gain ground in Logan Square, Pilsen | Latin Voice | Chicago News

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 11, 2022
    The city is short by about 120,000 affordable homes, according to figures from the Chicago Department of Housing. And that shortage is an even ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Tri-City’s manufacturing sector has a distinct flavor

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 10, 2022
    Manufacturing in both counties has not shone during the pandemic. According to recent work the Institute has undertaken for the Port of Kennewick, the ...
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  • Latino Loans

    US inflation at 40-year high as price hikes spread | Chicago News

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 10, 2022
    Bags of pistachios are displayed at a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill., April 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Rates don’t ease transformation pressures, says CaixaBank’s Gortázar

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 10, 2022
    CaixaBank chief executive Gonzalo Gortázar is confident that rising eurozone interest rates will outweigh what he admits are growing risks to asset quality associated ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Why food security is an opportunity for the resource supply chain

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 10, 2022
    There was a time when the food supply chain was simple, localized and cyclical. But those days are far behind us. As the world’s ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Jennifer Lopez Partners with Microfinance Nonprofit to Give Latin American Entrepreneurs a $14 Billion Capital Boost

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 9, 2022
    Topline Jennifer Lopez announced Thursday that she will be partnering with microfinance organization Grameen America as part of the organization’s latest effort to empower ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Many for-profit businesses would fail if paid employment rule changes

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 9, 2022
    According to a new study released Wednesday by the Institute for College Access and Success, under the paid employment rule proposed by the Biden ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Twin Cities’ First Diversity Homeownership Fair Aims to Close Wealth Gap

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 8, 2022
    For the first time, four groups of Twin Cities real estate agents are coming together to host an event aimed at demystifying the home ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Dallas Symphony concert inspired by the revolutionary figure who led the Mexican slave revolt

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 8, 2022
    In 1570, Yanga, an enslaved and rumored African royal descendant, led a slave revolt and formed a colony with followers in the mountains near ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Why are Wall Street’s super-rich donors targeting local elections in the Bronx?

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 7, 2022
    The super-rich political donors are looking to sway local races in northwest Bronx neighborhoods for the second year in a row — this time ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Tuesday Letters to the Editor

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 7, 2022
    Teachers, not snipers EDITOR: In his speech to the National Rifle Association, Donald Trump reiterated the stupid idea that the best answer to school ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Apis & Heritage Capital Partners Complete First Two Transactions as Part of Their Mission to Close the Racial Wealth Gap Through a New Employee-Led Buyout Model

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 6, 2022
    Black-Led Investment Fund A&H Transitions denverto Apex Plumbing Co. and El Pasobased at Accent Landscape Contractors Inc. into 100% employee-owned businesses, which benefits BIPOC’s ...
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  • Latino Finance

    NEWSROOM : Black, Latino, Native American Organizations Form Consortium to Combat Alcohol Harm in the United States

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 5, 2022
    By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National [email protected] The average price of a gallon of gas has hit record highs in Los Angeles ...
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  • Latino Economies

    The Summit of the Americas is in Los Angeles next week. How will this affect us?

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 3, 2022
    Start your day with LAist Sign up for the Morning Brief, delivered on weekdays. Heads of state from across the continent will be in ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Bill moves forward that would ban discrimination in home appraisals

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 2, 2022
    A Senate panel on Thursday introduced a bill that would prevent real estate appraisers from reducing the appraised value of a home because of ...
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  • Latino Economies

    RPT: ANALYSIS – US extremist violence rooted in social inequality, polarizing politics

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 2, 2022
    WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News/Sputnik – June 02, 2022) Social disruption, polarized political language and worsening economic inequality are the main drivers behind the substantial increase ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Fifteen Loyola students win Gilman scholarships to study abroad – Newsroom

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 1, 2022
    June 1, 2022 | By Jessica Goldstein Fifteen Loyola University of Maryland students were awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Parent PLUS Loans Widen Racial Wealth Gap, Study Finds

    By Eric P. Wolf
    June 1, 2022
    President Biden could forgive $10,000 in student debt, but civil rights advocates fear that figure may not be enough to address major racial disparities ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Student borrowers may not be ready to start paying suspended debt – InsuranceNewsNet

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 31, 2022
    In another sign of post-pandemic normalcy, the pause in student loan repayments is set to expire in August, which is likely to cause credit ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Where do credit scores come from and why they don’t quite match up – but can

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 30, 2022
    There was nothing inherently wrong with what Boni was doing, or what many blacks and Latinos are doing. They just weren’t the kind of ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Local Asian American business owners ask groups to call their own

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 30, 2022
    ABEC – as the new council will be known – grew out of the Boston Foundation Asian Community Fund, which provides the seed capital ...
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  • Latino Loans

    REPRESENTING. OUTMAN: Payday loan reform will help Michigan residents avoid debt trap

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 28, 2022
    I have heard far too many horror stories from Michigan voters and residents who have found themselves caught in a vicious circle known as ...
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  • Latino Finance

    2022 Candidate for Lake County Council District 16

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 28, 2022
    Organic Democratic Party Office sought: Lake County Board District 16 Town: Round Lake Beach Age: 26 years old Occupation: Pension plan analyst Previous positions ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Equity Research Analyst Updates for May 27 (AE, AXDX, CLLS, CMRX, CSGS, DANOY, DHX, DSX, DWVYF, EBR)

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 28, 2022
    Updates from equity research analysts for Friday, May 27: Adams Resources & Energy (NYSE:AE) was upgraded by StockNews.com analysts from a buy rating to ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Affordability declines as mortgage application payments rise 8.8% in April

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 27, 2022
    Edward Seiler Homebuyer affordability declined in April, with the national median payment requested by homebuyers rising 8.8% to $1,889 from $1,736 in March. That’s ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Omega Men | Northern Ohio University

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 26, 2022
    Students lead efforts to bring a “Divine Nine” fellowship to campus. The Affinity Commons at Ohio Northern University was awash in royal purple and ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Financial inclusion requires understanding cultural shifts

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 25, 2022
    Financial inclusion should include different ethnic, gender and sexual identity communities. Pride … [+]fly flags at the Get Real Cafe in Sturgeon Bay, WI ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Sheriff Villanueva’s re-election campaign announces endorsements from U.S. Congresswoman Michelle Steel and other California leaders

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 24, 2022
    Endorsements include the Chicano Latino Democratic Club, current and former mayors, local council members and community leaders Sheriff Villanueva Campaign Logo Sheriff Villanueva Campaign ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Pasco school official faces fine for neglected financial forms

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 24, 2022
    Pasco, WA A Pasco school board member faces a big fine for failing to file three years of personal financial information with the state. ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Home Mortgage Alliance Corporation: Bringing Equality to Homeownership

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 23, 2022
    Owning a home is a luxury that many people may never have the opportunity to enjoy. Owners get the chance to enjoy privacy and ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Biden’s decisions in Cuba could further damage the reputation of Hispanic voters

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 22, 2022
    Jhe Biden administration’s redefinition of U.S.-Cuban relations may come at a bad time for Democrats, who have seen support dwindle among Hispanic voters in ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Economic Summit offers information, updates and an opportunity for business leaders to come together

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 21, 2022
    Nathan Perry, associate professor of economics at Colorado Mesa University, provides an economic update at the Economic Summit on Friday, May 20, 2022 at ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Biden’s moves on Cuba and Venezuela could hurt Democrats with Hispanics

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 19, 2022
    The Biden administration this week eased some restrictive policies toward Cuba and Venezuela in a bid to increase relations with isolated nations, a move ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Launch of the Clemente Community Challenge with the grand prize, a trip to Hollywood, site of the 2022 MLB All-Star Game

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 18, 2022
    Roberto Clement #21 Marauders School Event Launch of the CCC 2022 MLB All-Star Game Site Grand Prize: All-expenses-paid trip to Los Angeles Roberto Clemente ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Kathy Gugulis, candidate for Maryland House District 14 – Baltimore Sun

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 18, 2022
    Maryland HouseDistrict 14 Kathy Gugulis Republican 70 Gaithersburg, Montgomery County Retired Federal Executive Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Maryland, College ...
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  • Latino Finance

    UPDATE 1-California Law Requiring Women to Serve on Corporate Boards Has Been Overturned

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 16, 2022
    (Adds decision and comment details) By Jody Godoy May 16 (Reuters) – A state court judge has declared unconstitutional a California law requiring public ...
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  • Latino Loans

    From EL FARO ENGLISH: Finance could be Bukele’s Achilles heel

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 16, 2022
    On May 9, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele unveiled a model of Bitcoin City. “The current city will be mostly green (trees) and blue (sea),” ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Biden dives into risky student loan policy

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 15, 2022
    Placeholder while loading article actions News had just emerged that President Biden was set to write off at least some student loan debt, and ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Philadelphia City Council pushes for more cameras on the city’s 57 worst blocks for gunshots

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 13, 2022
    At a Friday hearing on the city’s gun violence, council members and police officials called for the addition of street cameras and a corps ...
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  • Latino Economies

    The Dallas Fed has a new chief – with crisis management experience

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 13, 2022
    Months after its former chairman retired amid scandal — and in the face of soaring inflation — the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Here’s how central Florida governments plan to spend $868 million on COVID-19 relief – Orlando Sentinel

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 13, 2022
    When the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a widespread shutdown of local businesses and charities two years ago, Liza Riedel feared she would have to permanently ...
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  • Latino Economies

    White America’s misplaced anger: Why rural areas have deteriorated under a party that promotes racism

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 13, 2022
    This disparity can affirm progressive ideas about successful and inclusive governance, but it also has serious implications for the country as a whole. Anger ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Crypto can be a driver for racial equity

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 12, 2022
    A cryptocurrency is like digital money based on cryptography, which is really just complicated math. It does not have a physical existence and is ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Special Feature: “Eyewitness News Guide to Inflation”

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 11, 2022
    Inflation is something that affects us all in virtually every aspect of our lives, and we’ve seen the price of everything rise, from groceries ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Kentucky attorney general files case for 2023 gubernatorial race

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 11, 2022
    FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed paperwork Wednesday to enter the state’s 2023 gubernatorial race, hoping to push through ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Annual Latino Conference moves to Allentown – Times News Online

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 10, 2022
    Published on May 10, 2022 at 1:29 p.m. Local Latino leaders held a press conference on April 28 announcing their intention to host the ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    New U.S. Funding Wins Six Stevie® American Business Awards®

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 10, 2022
    Gold: Rick Arvielo, CEO – Lifetime Achievement Award – Consumer Service Industries Patty Arvielo, President – Woman of the Year – Consumer ServicesNew US ...
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  • Latino Economies

    In struggling communities, new forms of help are now needed

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 9, 2022
    Illustration credit: Kingsley Nebechi As the private sector innovates in aid and funding, finding holistic solutions to neighborhood challenges is a cornerstone of the ...
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  • Latino Finance

    The school board approves the transportation contract, etc.

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 9, 2022
    Published: May 09, 2022 07:00 In a split vote at its May 3 meeting, the Newtown School Board awarded All-Star Transportation a five-year transportation ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Chingona Ventures lands $52 million to fund overlooked founders in massive markets

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 7, 2022
    Chingona Ventures, a three-year-old Chicago-based venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed startups primarily in the Midwest and mostly founded by overlooked individuals who ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    MBA forecast calls for higher house prices and mortgage rates

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 6, 2022
    According to the new MBA Purchase Request Payment Index (PAPI), homebuyer affordability declined in March, with the national median payment requested by applicants rising ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Asian markets are largely down after the fall of Wall Street

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 6, 2022
    GLOBAL MARKETS DJIA 32997.97 -1063.09 -3.12% Nasdaq 12317.69 -647.16 -4.99% S&P 500 4146.87 -153.30 -3.56% FTSE 100 7503.27 9.82 0.13% Nikkei Stock 26800.49 -18.04 ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Fed interest rate hike will hurt black consumers

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 5, 2022
    The Federal Reserve on Wednesday voted the biggest interest rate hike in more than two decades. The move means rates on everything from personal ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Hispanic Federation and Comcast NBCUniversal Telemundo Announce New Partnership to Advance Digital Equity Among Latino Communities Nationwide

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 5, 2022
    A total of $635,000 in grants will be distributed to 20 organizations to support digital skills training and prepare thousands of Latinos for the ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    NAR finds Black home ownership remains lower than a decade ago

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 5, 2022
    Meghan Webber | Greater Lansing® Realtors Association According to the National Association of REALTORS®, the homeownership rate in the United States rose to 65.5% ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Berkeley continues to lose teachers. Can the district make them stay?

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 4, 2022
    A fifth-grade teacher at Washington Elementary helps students with homework on August 16, 2021. Credit: Kelly Sullivan Seven years ago, Alice Lake got her ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Arkansas, Montana and Oklahoma lead initiative to improve college completion rates

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 4, 2022
    $1.75 million grant from Ascendium Education Group will support multi-state comprehensive college … [+] US initiative to improve college completion rates for students from ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Stop asking how to pay for free college and realize the unfair and unnecessary expense of not doing it

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 3, 2022
    It wasn’t always like this Until the 1990s, student debt was such a small percentage of consumer debt that it wasn’t even really tracked ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Homeownership and the American Dream during Covid

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 3, 2022
    A line of black residents awaiting relief distribution during the 1937 Ohio River flood. (Margaret Bourke-White/Wikimedia) EDITOR’S NOTE:In the fall of 2021, a group ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Who owns Newark? Rutgers-Newark Study Reveals Disturbing Increase in Corporate City Home Purchases | Rutgers University

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 2, 2022
    MEDIA CONTACTCarrie StetlerDeputy Director of Media RelationsRutgers-Newark [email protected] According to a Rutgers-Newark University report titled Who owns Newark? The Rutgers Center on Metropolitan Law, ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Bubble housing fears are mounting, but any correction won’t be like the last

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 2, 2022
    In the first year of the pandemic, home values ​​defied expectations by soaring. In the second year of living with COVID, real estate prices ...
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  • Latino Finance

    How neobanks are revolutionizing digital lending

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 2, 2022
    Fintech disruptors like Revolut are shaking up the world of credit. (Photo by Michal Fludra/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Fintech lending by neobanks – online ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Income, debt, examples of ordinary Americans

    By Eric P. Wolf
    May 1, 2022
    The typical middle-class American earns between about $30,000 and $90,000 According to Pew, a single American earning between $30,000 and about $90,000 a year ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Hollywood arrives in Washington at Funny or Die and People’s bash

    By Eric P. Wolf
    April 30, 2022
    Politics and Hollywood collided on Funny or Die and People Magazine’s funniest night on Friday night to take the upper hand ahead of the ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Learn how Dallas is preparing to rewrite its housing plan with a focus on racial equity

    By Eric P. Wolf
    April 29, 2022
    Rewriting the city’s housing plan with a focus on racial equity aims to undo some of the damage done by the City of Dallas’ ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Racial wealth gap and reverse mortgages

    By Eric P. Wolf
    April 29, 2022
    Reverse mortgages are financial tools that allow homeowners to access capital by using the equity in their home as collateral. They are a way ...
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  • Latino Loans

    The NJ State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Proudly Defends Latino-Owned Businesses

    By Eric P. Wolf
    April 29, 2022
    Outstanding achievement in the Hispanic business community was recognized at the New Jersey State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s 2021 Awards Gala. Photo courtesy of ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Latinx Newswire becomes Noticias Newswire

    By Eric P. Wolf
    April 28, 2022
    MIAMI: Latinx Newswire, the only Latino-owned and operated Hispanic news service, has been renamed Noticias Newswire, effective immediately. Growing market research and internal personal ...
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  • Hispanic Mortgages

    Nearly half of all delinquent mortgages on loss management plans

    By Eric P. Wolf
    April 27, 2022
    According to new data released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, about 2.15 million mortgages are expected to be forborne or past due, ...
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  • Latino Loans

    California foundations seek to ensure billions in government aid are allocated fairly — Inside Philanthropy

    By Eric P. Wolf
    April 27, 2022
    California will soon receive billions of dollars in public funding for economic development. An estimated $42 billion will come from the American Rescue Plan ...
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  • Latino Economies

    Hybrid Alumni Week festivities highlight Slug’s ingenuity, camaraderie and social conscience

    By Eric P. Wolf
    April 26, 2022
    Drones soared overhead, familiar places and faces were rediscovered, cocktail glasses clinked and old friendships were renewed during the hybrid. Graduate Week 2022 festivities, ...
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  • Latino Finance

    Unidos En La Música, Castillo De San Marcos National Monument and Fort Matanzas National Monument Connect Latin Music to St. Augustine’s 400-Year-Old Latin Heritage

    By Eric P. Wolf
    April 26, 2022
    NATIONAL PARK THE FOUNDATION FUNDS EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT WITH LATINO COMMUNITIES AND CELEBRATE LATINO CULTURE, INCLUDING THE FAMILY EVENING OF OSCAR-WINNER ENCANTO ...
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  • Latino Loans

    Wells Fargo responds to lawsuit alleging discrimination in lending practices | WFAE 90.7

    By Eric P. Wolf
    April 25, 2022
    Wells Fargo is responding to allegations in a lawsuit that the bank discriminated against black lenders, calling the claims unsubstantiated. In a court case ...
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