Tag: behavior

  • NOW calls for Cable to be suspended (AP)

    The National Organization for Women called on the Oakland Raiders to suspend coach Tom Cable while the team investigates allegations he has a history of violent behavior toward women. NOW president Terry O'Neill praised the Raiders in a statement for undertaking a "serious evaluation" of charges made by Cable's first wife, Sandy Cable, and former girlfriend, Marie Lutz, that the…

  • Yeah, I Got It On Layway. What About It?

    The buy-now, pay-later mentality of credit cards has been a major factor in reckless and irresponsible consumer behavior. Replacing layaway plans with easy access to high-interest credit has had devastating consequences for lower- and middle-income families, and black people in particular. The public embarrassment of buying goods on layaway (an admission that you were too poor to just buy what you wanted outright), has been replaced with the private shame of crushing credit card debt.

  • Obama Has Tough Message for Wall Street

    President Barack Obama sternly warned Wall Street Monday against returning to the sort of reckless and unchecked behavior that threatened the nation with a second Great Depression.

  • Jerks, Assholes, Idiots and Abusive Behaviors: Recognizing Verbal Abuse


    This article outlines five tactics abusive men use regularly to derail your confidence and prevent you from voicing an opinion about his nasty words, his disrespectful behavior or his sexist thinking. The bottom line goal for Black men of this type is to belittle and insult you so much that you shut down. He wants to be able to treat you any way he likes, and for you to take it without complaint.