“We should own and operate and control the economy of our community,” said Malcolm X. To make that happen, businesses in the hood should grab the new ARC loans: no-interest loans with no payments due for a year, offered beginning June 15 by the U.S. Small Business Administration, revitalized by President Obama. Merchants and residents who hire and trade with each other build peace and prosperity in the hood.
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America's Recovery Capital,
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA),
Bayview Hunters Point,
Black Wall Street,
Buy Black,
East 14th in East Oakland,
Fillmore Street in San Francisco,
Harry Alford,
Inglewood Today,
Jim Clingman,
Muhammad Nassardeen,
National Black Chamber of Commerce,
predatory sub-prime loans,
President Obama,
redlined Black neighborhoods,
SBA ARC loans,
Seventh Street in West Oakland,
small business,
stimulus bill,
U.S. Small Business Administration,
Willie Ratcliff
The California Universal Health Care Organizing Project wants President Obama to support congressional legislation authored by Rep. John Conyers that will stop the private health care insurance industry from denying claims, neglecting the sick and wasting 31 cents of every health care dollar.
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Ahimsa Porter Sumchai M.D.,
California Universal Healthcare Act (SB840),
Don Bechler,
Dr. Cecil B. Wilson,
Fran Devlin,
Gov. Schwarzenegger,
H.R. 676,
health disparities,
Ian McLean,
Medicare,
National Coordinator of Health Information Technology,
National Health Insurance Exchange,
President Obama,
Rep. John Conyers,
Rory Michaelis,
Sen. Sheila Kuehl,
Single Payer Now,
stimulus bill,
United States National Health Insurance Act,
universal health care
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