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	<title>JAMES PERRY &#187; James Perry</title>
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	<description>Progress over politics</description>
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		<title>Banks Could Learn a Thing or Two</title>
		<link>http://jameshperry.com/2012/03/banks-could-learn-a-thing-or-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kiva Detroit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OWS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plunging from revered financial arbiter to America&#8217;s anathema &#8212; the lending industry has descended in dramatic fashion. Expressions of lending industry scorn are now standard fodder in a near constant flow of blogs, newspaper articles, editorials, evening news reporting and cable news analysis. Consumer scorn is not only shared around.....]]></description>
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		<title>The GOP Contender</title>
		<link>http://jameshperry.com/2012/03/the-gop-contender/</link>
		<comments>http://jameshperry.com/2012/03/the-gop-contender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Jindal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Jindal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater New Orleans Fair Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jindal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[katrina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[louisiana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana Housing Alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[POTUS]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Republican Part]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Primary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santorum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For the most part, two types of people become American presidents: governors and senators. As the Republican presidential primary takes its internecine tone to Louisiana, most will be focused on Governor Romney and Senator Santorum. But the fact is, there is another presidential hopeful who will carefully consider the election.....]]></description>
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		<title>American Poverty is on the Rise</title>
		<link>http://jameshperry.com/2011/09/american-poverty-is-on-the-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://jameshperry.com/2011/09/american-poverty-is-on-the-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[america]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Census]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loop21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wealth gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[why are people poor?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[America was clobbered over the head with more bad news this month when the Census reported that the domestic poverty rate, and deep poverty rates, have reached record highs. Over 44 million Americans are living below the poverty rate &#8212; $11,139 for one person, and $25,625 for a family of.....]]></description>
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		<title>Now Is Not the Time To Lose Love For CBC and the President</title>
		<link>http://jameshperry.com/2011/09/now-is-not-the-time-to-lose-love-for-cbc-and-the-president/</link>
		<comments>http://jameshperry.com/2011/09/now-is-not-the-time-to-lose-love-for-cbc-and-the-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1984]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Caucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CBC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congressional Black Caucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emanuel Cleaver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loop21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loop21.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxine Waters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week begins the Congressional Black Caucus’ Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. As many of America’s most influential black leaders meet to network and strategize, a difficult question confronts all attendees: At this moment when African-American political and business leaders have made more gains than ever before, why are.....]]></description>
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		<title>Melissa celebrates her book release here in NOLA!</title>
		<link>http://jameshperry.com/2011/09/melissa-celebrates-her-book-release-her-in-nola/</link>
		<comments>http://jameshperry.com/2011/09/melissa-celebrates-her-book-release-her-in-nola/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ashe cultural arts center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melissa Harris-Perry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sister citizen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; PLEASE JOIN US TONITE AT ASHE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER   FOR A DISCUSSION OF MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY&#8217;S SOON TO BE RELEASED BOOK &#8220;SISTER CITIZEN&#8221;     The Event is FREE and open to the public.]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on disaster and the need for government</title>
		<link>http://jameshperry.com/2011/08/reflections-on-disaster-and-the-need-for-government/</link>
		<comments>http://jameshperry.com/2011/08/reflections-on-disaster-and-the-need-for-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[eric cantor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever experienced an event so impactful that it dominates and fundamentally redirects your entire life? For my hometown of New Orleans and its residents, August 29, 2005 will be forever remembered in that way. Hurricane Katrina&#8217;s landfall was so pivotal that we in New Orleans almost universally refer.....]]></description>
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		<title>Melissa Harris-Perry hosts MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;The Last Word&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://jameshperry.com/2011/08/melissa-harris-perry-hosts-msnbcs-the-last-word/</link>
		<comments>http://jameshperry.com/2011/08/melissa-harris-perry-hosts-msnbcs-the-last-word/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melissa filled in for Lawrence O&#8217;Donnell last night on MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;The Last Word&#8221; and will also be hosting Thursday and Friday. Watch last night&#8217;s episode below and tune in tonight and tomorrow night at 8pm EDT for more MHP. Watch last night&#8217;s episode.]]></description>
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		<title>Home is where the heartache is&#8230;and we just fired all the heart surgeons</title>
		<link>http://jameshperry.com/2011/05/home-is-where-the-heartache-is-and-we-just-fired-all-the-heart-surgeons/</link>
		<comments>http://jameshperry.com/2011/05/home-is-where-the-heartache-is-and-we-just-fired-all-the-heart-surgeons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing counselors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recovery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home is where the heart is.  Or at least it used to be.  For many Americans over the last few years, homeownership has been rife with heartache- the reality of trying to make ends meet during the worst economic era since the Great Depression.]]></description>
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		<title>In New Orleans, Many Have Yet to Travel the Road Home</title>
		<link>http://jameshperry.com/2011/05/in-new-orleans-many-have-yet-to-travel-the-road-home-2/</link>
		<comments>http://jameshperry.com/2011/05/in-new-orleans-many-have-yet-to-travel-the-road-home-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stand firm in my belief that together we can fashion a resolution that eliminates the Road Home Program's discriminatory effects to the greatest extent possible, addresses blight and confronts the many unmet housing needs in our community. New Orleans' success depends on it.]]></description>
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		<title>St. Bernard on the Verge of Doing the Right Thing?</title>
		<link>http://jameshperry.com/2011/02/st-bernard-on-the-verge-of-doing-the-right-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://jameshperry.com/2011/02/st-bernard-on-the-verge-of-doing-the-right-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Perry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My constituents wanted me to defy this until the end, but the end is here,&#8221; lamented Councilman Wayne Landry. Landry is referring to the St. Bernard Parish Council’s reported decision to acquiesce to the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center’s (GNOFHAC) and Provident Realty Advisors, Inc.’s demands in a.....]]></description>
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