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By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Courtesy of NNPA (NNPA) – Navy Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in the United States, is under fire for exhibiting the most substantial racial disparities in mortgage approval rates among major lenders. The disparities, reaching new heights in 2022, underscored a pronounced contrast in approval rates for […]
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA NEWSWIRE) – Navy Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in the United States, is under fire for exhibiting the most substantial racial disparities in mortgage approval rates among major lenders. The disparities, reaching new heights in 2022, were borne out by a pronounced contrast in […]
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Navy Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in the United States, is under fire for exhibiting the most substantial racial disparities in mortgage approval rates among major lenders. The disparities, reaching new heights in 2022, underscored a pronounced contrast in approval rates for white and Black […]
Navy Federal approved a higher percentage of applications from white borrowers earning less than $62,000 annually than Black borrowers earning $140,000 or more. By Stacy M. BrownNavy Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in the United States, is under fire for exhibiting the most substantial racial disparities in mortgage approval rates among major lenders. […]
Camp Lemonnier celebrated the opening of the first Navy Federal Credit Union ATM on the African continent at a ribbon cutting ceremony Oct. 31. Pictured left to right, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Tony Kurta, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa commander; Shawn Parham, ITT; Muhammed Elam, Petroland Construction; Larry Wood, regional manager for Navy Federal […]
Washington — House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Turner said Sunday that the U.S. is assisting Israel in helping find Hamas leadership and identifying its blind spots that could have possibly prevented the Oct. 7 attack. “I think what you saw was just a general dismissal by Israel and Israel’s intelligence community of the possibility of […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Time travel African-style hasn’t looked so cool since the superhero Black Panther rolled back the years to thwart the evil Kang in the Marvel blockbuster Wakanda Forever. Artists from Ghana and the African diaspora have […]
The Chinese spy balloon that flew across North America earlier this year exposed important gaps in the United States’ ability to detect airborne threats and propelled the development of new surveillance technology, the senior U.S. commander responsible for patrolling the skies told NBC News in an exclusive interview. Gen. Glen VanHerck, head of the U.S. […]
Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, should be a joyous celebration of freedom. Yet nearly 160 years later, that freedom feels like a dream deferred — a promise unfulfilled. The end of institutionalized slavery led to generations of institutionalized racism in the United […]
“BMC is not the biggest birthing hospital in the state. We deliver about 3,000 babies a year, but 75% of those families are Black and/or Hispanic. With our institutional Health Equity Accelerator, we are working to achieve health equity by centering the experience and outcomes of our mothers marginalized by structural racism. We are launching […]