Forgiven Credit Card Debt May Be Taxable
If your debt was $1,000 and the creditor accepted $400, the $600 amount that was forgiven is considered taxable income
2013-03-04
Bill Hardekopf of www.LowCards.com
If you negotiated a debt settlement in 2012 on the balance of your credit card account, you may surprised to find that you owe taxes on the debt that has been forgiven. The IRS views forgiven debt of $600 or more as taxable income and expects you to pay taxes on that amount. Read the complete article
Car-Title Loans Drive Consumers to Financial Disaster
$3.6 billion in interest paid on $1.6 billion in loans
2013-03-04
Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist
In today’s still-struggling economy, many consumers find themselves short on cash. When consumers seek a credit remedy, one particular lender is likely to bring more problems than solutions: companies that make car title loans. Read the complete article
Analysis: Will the Supreme Court Overturn the Voting Rights Act?
AUDIO: Issue now is less about voter registration and more about voting conditions
2013-03-01
The Skanner News highlights Michel Martin of NPR
Is the Voting Rights Act out of date? What are the issues today? Michel Martin, host of NPR’s “Tell Me More” interviewed law professor Spencer Overton and the Heritage Foundation's Hans Von Spakovsky. Read the complete article
VIDEO: Goverment Failure to Deal with Hanford Radioactive Leaks is Massive Betrayal
Federal budget cuts further threaten progress
2013-03-01
By Gina Mason
It is the government’s responsibility to deal with Hanford before its citizens suffer considerable environmental, health, and economic damage. Washingtons budget cuts threaten progress. Read the complete article
Bullying: Adults Need to Check Themselves Before Pointing Fingers at Youth
It's our culture that teaches children to attack the weak
2013-02-27
By Laura L. Finley
Since we have begun a “national dialogue” about violence and bullying, we better be sure to look at our own behaviors first. Read the complete article
Supporting Water Fluoridation for Our Beloved Community
We are already spending millions of dollars trying to give fluoride to kids through dentist’s offices, prescriptions for tablets and school dental programs, but there are large gaps
2013-02-25
Avel Gordly and Tricia Tillman
I remember when a neighbor’s child asked if I could help him find a dentist because he had a toothache. He was in the kind of searing pain that no child should have to experience. While he was able to get care, many other children continue to suffer extreme anguish because of poor dental health. Read the complete article
What Killed President Kennedy and Trayvon Martin?
Gun safety laws that only apply in one city or state can’t fully stop our national epidemic of gun proliferation and violence any better than we can stop a flu epidemic by vaccinating one family
2013-02-25
Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist
Tuesday, Feb. 26 marks one year since 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed by a gun wielded by self-appointed neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman after he saw Trayvon walking home from a 7-Eleven with a bag of Skittles and bottle of Arizona iced tea. Read the complete article
Lessons from Mark Essex and Christopher Dorner
One of our greatest challenges when dealing with young people, especially, is that we must teach them how to survive life’s slings and arrows without going over the edge
2013-02-25
George E. Curry NNPA Columnist
Of the thousands of stories I covered since I began my career in 1970 – primarily for Sports Illustrated, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Tribune, Emerge magazine and the NNPA News Service – one has affected me more than any other. It was the violent death of 23-year-old Mark Essex on Jan. 7,1973. Read the complete article
Turning the Clock Back On Voting Rights
It is more surprising that the National Black Chamber of Commerce has filed a brief againts voting rights
2013-02-25
Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist
The facts: The small city of Calera redistricted its boundaries in a way that the sole African American councilman lost his seat. Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act forced a new election with different boundaries, and Ernest Montgomery regained his seat. Read the complete article
Fail A Background Check? No Problem Just Buy a Gun at a Gun Show or Online
Mark Kelly: Gun Loophole Must be Closed
2013-02-22
By Mark Kelly CNN
Almost 100 people a day die from a gun, 33 are murdered. We've got 20 times the murder rate of similar countries.Background checks make sense. Read the complete article
