Navigating Bank and Credit Card Fees

The best news we’ve heard all day! Congress is seeking faster implementation of credit card rules. The Wall Street Journal reports that House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-NY) is seeking speed up the February 2010 implementation date: The move would stop credit-card issuers from raising rates and ban other controversial practices before the legislation goes [...]

From Clunkers to Appliances

Cash for Clunkers may have expired but free money from the government remains for buyers of energy-efficient appliances. Funded at $300 million by the stimulus bill earlier this year, the program will offer rebates to buyers of energy-efficient appliances and other products that carry the Energy Star label. According to the Department of Energy, consumers [...]

Resource for Consumers on Food Safety

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration recently launched a new website to provide consumers with a single source on food safety: Foodsafety.gov is designed to help consumers and families get all the latest information on food safety and food recalls in one convenient place. Features include: Information across [...]

College and Credit Cards Don’t Mix

And this is assuming you can even get one these days. But arriving freshman typically have no credit history which means good credit history/our next victim by the credit card industry. The Insurance Information Institute recently noted: A recent study by Sallie Mae, a leading provider of student loans, shows that students are using their [...]

What Exactly Does ACORN Do Anyway?

Beginning with last year’s election and erupting in the last couple of days, ACORN has been a frequent topic in the news. Unfortunately, it hasn’t been for its good deeds. This lead to the question, “what exactly does ACORN do anyway?” According to Wikipedia, The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is a [...]

Clarence Page on Kanye, Serena, and Joe Wilson

The Chicago Tribune’s Clarence Page reflects on the bad behavior of late: Even in this age of culture wars and polarized politics, Americans of goodwill should be able to stand together in our contempt for West’s mirror-kissing narcissism. The same can be said regarding tennis star Serena Williams’ profanity-laden eruption against a line judge’s call. [...]

This Week in Washington: September 21, 2009

The White House: President Obama used his weekly address to underscore the need for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency to strengthen our financial markets and protect the interests of American consumers. On the international front, President Obama will deliver remarks at the United Nations’ Climate Change Summit and meet with several heads of state leading [...]

The Week That Was: blackgirlgrown on Twitter

Horrible Treatment –> Caster Semenya In Hiding, Receiving Trauma Counseling After Test Results Released http://viigo.im/0SsG # Trifling –> News: Mom Too High to Drive – Lets 6-year old take the Wheel http://viigo.im/0SsR # Good News –> Diabetes Drug Fights Breast Cancer http://viigo.im/0SRO # Senators Want Research on Cell Phones, Cancer http://viigo.im/0Ttj # Funny, and true [...]

Grammar Mistakes Say A Lot

A university professor cautions his students on the hazards of poor grammar: You will be judged, for your entire life, on the basis of how well you write. If you write well, people will think you are smart. If you write poorly, they will think you are dumb. That is perhaps unfair, but it is [...]

Civil Rights Movement Marches on in Mexico

Time Magazine posted an article outlining the plight of Afro-Mexicans. Time writes: Mirroring Mexico’s history itself, most of Yanga’s Afro-Mexican population has been pushed to neighboring rural villages that are notable primarily for their deep poverty and the strikingly dark skin of their inhabitants. Mexico’s independence from Spain and new focus on building a national [...]

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