GLAAD has issued a press release announcing the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. They feature that Clay Aiken will be presenting the Excellence in Media Award to Tyra Banks. Tyra Banks and Suze Orman to be Honored at 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Presented by IBM in New York The Gay & Lesbian Al...

If you believe that your bank deposits are firmly secured by FDIC, thanks to our neglectful Congress, you may be riding on a false sense of security, according to some shocking news in the Boston Globe: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insures deposits up to $250,000, tried for years...

For 10 years—including the boom times banks enjoyed in the first half of this decade—the FDIC was prevented from collecting fees from 95% of financial institutions, which it would have used to further build up its safety net in the event it would someday have to bail out a bunch of stupi...

Ovarian cancer, which is known as the silent killer because it's so hard to detect in early stages, killed 15,000-plus women in the US last year. But now, doctors are a step closer to developing a way to screen for it. [Us News & World Report] Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams, who just got engaged...

Big fun coming: The federal agency that insures bank deposits, which is asking for emergency powers to borrow up to $500 billion to take over failed banks, is facing a potential major shortfall in part because it collected no insurance premiums from most banks from 1996 to 2006. The Federal Deposit ...

My sister is having issues with her student loans through Wells Fargo. She has two student loans which appear on the same statement each month -- but Wells Fargo only applies her payment to one loan, and the other loan becomes delinquent. She's been on the phone with them every month for the past 4-...

Financial literacy workshop series helps college students master saving and control spending. Published in Wire Tap Magazine. (This story originally appeared on Black College Wire ) When he was 18, John Hope Bryant spent six months homeless. He lived in his car until he could find another place to l...

Americans, here's your tax dollars at work: In the U.K., Liverpool's football team has just signed up Bank of America as a major sponsor. BofA, which has received about $45 billion in U.S. federal rescue money after its acquisition of Merrill Lynch and its toxic assets, is the parent of MBNA, which ...

Last week, I offered to wager a friend that, “In the next three years, Fannie Mae will be engaged in a variety of business activities which are market sensitive. …” Old Doom friend Bill Maloni often has unique insight, but this time he’s brought us something special. He’...

When the bank forecloses on someone's home, their credit is ruined and they run the risk of becoming homeless. The foreclosure also affects the whole community as empty houses fall into disrepair. Kansas City, Missouri has been hit hard by the financial crisis. Mary Rabon is a community organizer in...