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Challenges mount against refund-anticipation loans
"Dark
horse eyes Block job," Kansas City Star, September 1, 2006
"Shareholder
activists seek board seat at H&R Block," Dow Jones Newswires, August
31, 2006
"States
criticize H&R Block," Raleigh News & Observer, August 16, 2006
"H&R
Block OKs meeting on loan policy concerns," Dow Jones MarketWatch, August
15, 2006
"3
States Oppose H&R Block Refund Loans," MSN Money, August 15, 2006
"Moore
takes on H&R Block," Raleigh News & Observer, August 4, 2006
"As
predatory lending adapts to weak regulations, the poor pay," NewStandard,
NY, July 19, 2006
"Spanish
soap opera mixes suds and savings: Show doubles as financial classroom for
Hispanic immigrants," Associated Press, June 23, 2006
"Community
Reinvestment opens headquarters," Durham Herald Sun, June 20, 2006
"'Nuestro
Barrio' plays again today," Durham Herald Sun, May 13, 2006
"Out
of N.C., Spanish soap opera sizzles," Asheville Citizen-Times, May 11, 2006
"Soaps
with a message: first Latino soap opera to hit broadcast TV is a local
product," Burlington Times-News, May 7, 2006
"Nuestro
Barrio wraps its first season," Independent Weekly, March 29, 2006
"Consumer
groups aim to see H&R blocked," New York Post, March 26, 2006
"Tar
Heel of the Week: He
leads charge against unfair lending practices," Raleigh
News & Observer, March 26, 2006
"Telenovela
with a twist," Fayetteville Observer, March 19, 2006
"Lending
rules, interest rates sway N.C. buyers from mobile homes," Raleigh News & Observer, March
14, 2006
"Left
tries to regain religion," Raleigh News & Observer, March 4, 2006
"Duke
values
summit topics break norm," Durham Herald Sun, March 3, 2006
"Faith
and the Left,"
The
State Of
Things,
WUNC
Radio,
March 3, 2006
"Duke
summit gathers voices for common good," Durham Herald Sun, February 24, 2006
"Sex,
Lies & Money Tips on a Spanish-Language Soap," NPR Morning Edition,
February 24, 2006
"First
Bank
of Delaware to stop payday loans," Wilmington (DE) News Journal,
February 23, 2006
"God's
Politics: The Rev. Jim Wallis is among the speakers at a campus forum on
faith and politics," Duke News, February 20, 2006
"Bank
of America rode tiny roots to the top," Wilmington (DE) News Journal,
February 5, 2006
"Spanish
soap opera premiere pleases all," Durham Herald Sun, January 28, 2006
"Nuestro
Barrio to air Saturday," Raleigh News & Observer, January 27, 2006
"Minorities
pay more for loans: blacks 3 times as likely as whites to get high cost
mortgages," Salisbury Post, January 22, 2006
CRA-NC
News - Fall/Winter 2005
"On
TV: love, jealousy – and a primer on good credit," Christian Science
Monitor, December 27, 2005
"Thousands
sue Philadelphia payday lender: Cash Today accused of having rates as high as
500% under guise of Delaware bank," Wilmington (DE) News Journal, December 22,
2005
"Wells
Fargo Targeted over Charges of Predatory Lending," The NewStandard (NY),
December 15, 2005
"Hispanic
soap opera airs real problems," Durham Herald Sun, December 15, 2005
"Making
soap opera a challenging task," Durham Herald Sun, December 15, 2005
"'We're
your local station' in Carrboro," Raleigh News & Observer, December 15,
2005
"The
grinch who stole Christmas: Protest Wells Fargo's racial disparities in
lending," San Francisco Bay View, December 14, 2005
"Clause
eyes
predatory
lending," Raleigh News & Observer, November 16, 2005
"Payday
lending getting scarce: N.C. businesses face bank ending practice,"
Winston-Salem Journal, November 10, 2005
"County
Bank cuts 'payday' ties: High-interest loans had long been under fire,"
Wilmington
(DE) News
Journal,
November 9, 2005
"Richard
Brown
Show
addresses
Carrboro's
black
community
issues,"
Chapel
Hill
Herald, November
2,
2005
"'Baby
step' on
payday
loans
gets
support,"
Fayetteville
Observer,
November
1, 2005
"Dole
Amendment
would
target
lenders
who prey
on
military:
Amendment's
wording
confuses
issue,
critics
say,"
Winston-Salem
Journal,
October
22, 2005
"'Barrio'
Drama Goes On,"
Raleigh News &
Observer, October 18, 2005
"Group
Opposes
H&R
Block's
Push For
Bank,"
Business
Week,
October
6, 2005
"Groups
fight
Block's
bank
plan,"
Kansas
City
Star,
October
6, 2005
"BofA
critics
rap bank
at
hearing,"
Charlotte
Observer,
September
28, 2005
"MBNA
buyout's
merits
debated,"
Wilmington
(DE) News
Journal,
September
28, 2005
"'Black
tax' can
be
costly
on home
mortgages,"
Fayetteville
Observer,
September
24, 2005
"Mortgage
Lending
Practices:
Discrimination
in the
Lending
Industry,"
The
State Of
Things,
WUNC
Radio,
September
1, 2005
CRA-NC
News - Spring/Summer 2005
"High-rate
lenders
fill
void,"
Charlotte
Observer,
August
29, 2005
"Wells
Fargo’s
Kovacevich
Says
Bank
Doesn’t
Overcharge
the Poor,"
Bloomberg
News,
August
2, 2005
"Coming
Home:
First-time
home
buyers
get help
from
local
program,"
Winston-Salem
Journal,
July 23, 2005
"Wachovia
gets top
grade
for
lending,"
Charlotte
Observer,
July 7,
2005
"Sink
the Loan
Sharks,"
Independent
Weekly,
June 29, 2005
"Mobile
Home Parks Dwindle," Raleigh News & Observer, June 26, 2005
"Wachovia
Can Do
More: To
atone
for
profit
on
slavery,
invest
in
future
of race
that was
wronged,"
Charlotte
Observer,
June 13,
2005
"Banks
should
conscientiously
level
playing
field
for
African-Americans," Asheville
Citizen-Times,
June 12,
2005
"Reinvest
in
communities,"
Philadelphia
Inquirer,
June 12,
2005
"Carrboro
station airs 'Brown Show'," Raleigh News & Observer, June
10, 2005
"Moving
from
Slavery
to
Diversity,"
Durham
Herald-Sun,
June 7,
2005
"Banks
and
slavery:
leveling
the
playing
field,"
Raleigh
News
&
Observer,
June 4,
2005
"FDIC
tells
County
Bank to
shape
up,"
Delaware
Coast
Press,
May 4,
2005
"Payday
Loan
Banker
Cited By
FDIC:
Bank
Must
Clean Up
Practices
Or Halt
Loan
Operation,"
NBC-17
News,
April
29, 2005
"Lending
Legislation
Would
Help
Predators,"
Birmingham
Post-Herald,
April
22, 2005
"Bringing
Messages Home To Nuestro Barrio," Independent Weekly, March 30, 2005
"Nonprofit
launches
assault
on
predatory
loans in
N.C.,"
Triangle
Business
Journal,
March
25, 2005
"Public
Service Soap Gets Theater Screening," Raleigh News & Observer, March
24, 2005
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