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Shelter is a basic human need - and homeownership is a basic key to financial viability. Some of the civil rights issues we look at here are predatory lending, fair housing laws, and homelessness.

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Historic Senate Vote Moves Wall Street Reform One Step Closer

May 20, 2010 - Posted by Tyler Lewis

Tonight, in a historic vote, the Senate passed sweeping legislation to overhaul the nation's financial system.

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Americans Rally in Washington, D.C., for Financial Reform

May 17, 2010 - Posted by The Leadership Conference

Crowds of protesters converged on K Street in Washington, D.C., today in support of the Wall Street reform bill (S. 3217) pending in the Senate.  Protesters, ignoring a steady rain, heard speeches from a wide array of organizations, including National People's Action, SEIU, AFL-CIO, and Jobs with Justice.

The bill, likely to come to a vote this Friday, includes a new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection that would protect American consumers from the types of irresponsible lending practices that contributed to the economic crisis. The bureau would include a civil rights office focused exclusively on fighting discriminatory lending, which is widely supported by the civil rights community.

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Main Street Calls for Wall Street Reform

April 30, 2010 - Posted by Tyler Lewis

American rally for Wall Street reform in Kansas City

Americans in Kansas City, Iowa rally in support of financial reform.  April 27, 2010.  Photo Credit: Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement

Though elected officials in Washington struggled to get Wall Street reform legislation to the Senate floor for debate, rallies across the country this week attracted tens of thousands of supporters for the bill.

A march through San Francisco's financial district drew thousands, and hundreds of people rallied outside of a Bank of America in Kansas City, Iowa.  An AFL-CIO and National People's Action rally in New York City, dubbed "Showdown on Wall Street," drew more than 10,000 people, with 16,000 more participating online.

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Civil Rights Community Vows to Keep Fighting for Financial Reform after Opponents Block Senate Debate

April 26, 2010 - Posted by Tyler Lewis

Civil rights leaders vowed Monday evening to continue fighting for legislation that would reform the nation's financial system after GOP opponents of reform voted in lockstep to keep the Senate from debating the bill.

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Six Goals That Financial Reform Must Accomplish

April 19, 2010 - Posted by Ron Bigler

The Leadership Conference is working with a broad coalition of organizations to ensure that financial reform legislation now under consideration in Congress includes strong protections for consumers and effective regulation to hold Wall Street accountable — and stave off future crises that can wreck the economy and upend the lives of millions of Americans, especially members of economically vulnerable communities.

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National Survey Shows Majority of Americans Favor Financial Reform

April 12, 2010 - Posted by The Leadership Conference

A majority of Americans (59 percent) believe that the President and Congress need to reform the financial sector now, according to a new poll by the Pew Financial Reform Project.

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Advocates Call for Stronger Action to Curb Housing Discrimination

March 19, 2010 - Posted by The Leadership Conference

The House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties recently held a hearing on the state of housing discrimination, and the effectiveness of our government's enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. 

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Financial Reform Legislation Introduced in Senate

March 16, 2010 - Posted by Tyler Lewis

Yesterday, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D. CT, introduced legislation to reform the nation's financial system.

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SNL's Ex-Presidents Visit President Obama, Urge Need for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency

March 4, 2010 - Posted by Tyler Lewis

There's nothing really funny about the ways big banks and financial institutions have been wreaking havoc on consumers in the United States.

But what is funny is a new video from Funnyordie.com, featuring former presidents Bush Sr., Bush Jr., Clinton, Reagan, Carter and Ford visiting President Barack Obama to urge him to take on the banks and create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency to protect Americans from abusive lending practices like the ones that led to the current recession

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Senate Must Create Strong and Independent Consumer Financial Reform Agency

March 1, 2010 - Posted by Tyler Lewis

Americans for Financial Reform (AFR), a broad coalition of civil rights and consumer advocates that includes The Leadership Conference, is calling a new proposal to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency too weak to adequately protect Americans from abusive lending practices like the ones that led to the current recession.

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