Oct 26th, 2008 · Credit card companies are watching the economy and making pre-emptive moves to reduce the amount of credit they offer to many customers. And they are looking well beyond payment history when reconsidering credit lines. Some companies are looking at who the customers' mortgage lender is, where they shop and whether they live in a region that's been hard hit by foreclosures. Customers are outraged, but card issuers say they are simply managing risk in tough economic times.
Keywords: manager · Economy · economic · region · outrage · Payments · companies · history · profiling · customer · Mortgage · emptive
Sep 4th, 2008 · The New York Times reporter David Kirkpatrick joins us from the Republican Convention in Minneapolis. Kirkpatrick is the author of a series of articles profiling John McCain. He covered the conservative Christian movement during the 2004 election.
Keywords: Republicans · movement · Christian · conventions · Conservation · New York Times · 2004 · profiling · John McCain · Minneapolis · Kirkpatrick · Republican Convention
Jul 29th, 2008 · Four U.S. citizens and one a legal immigrant have filed a lawsuit against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department for what they claim is racial profiling in Maricopa County's monitoring of illegal immigration. Mayor Phil Gordon of Phoenix, Ariz., and Corey Stewart, chairman of the Prince William County Virginia Board of Supervisors, discuss appropriate local police enforcement of state and federal immigration laws.
Keywords: policy · local · federal · Sheriff · law · legal · immigration · citizen · chairman · lawsuit · illegal · Racial
Feb 19th, 2008 · Criminal charges have been dropped against Leonardo Blair, an African-American reporter for the New York Post who says he was wrongly stopped, searched, and arrested by New York City police. David Harris and Donna Lieberman discuss the developments and data showing a history of racial profiling in the city.
Keywords: city · African American · history · criminal · New York City · Racial · profiling · New York Post · NYPD · David Harris · Leonardo Blair · Donna Lieberman
Nov 9th, 2007 · The Los Angeles Police Department is defending a plan to map Muslim communities in the city. The department says it needs the maps to figure out why some communities are more susceptible to "violent, ideologically based extremism." Some critics are calling it racial profiling.
Keywords: violent · city · Muslim · L.A · outrage · communities · extreme · Racial · profiling · susceptible · Los Angeles Police Department
Oct 17th, 2007 · By New Jersey U.S. Attorney Chris Christie's count, he's prosecuted 126 Garden State officials on corruption charges in his six years on the job. Most officials Christie has prosecuted have been Democrats, and some charge him of "political profiling."
Keywords: politics · Democrats · corruption · attorney · prosecution · profiling · Garden State · Jersey · Christie · New Jersey US · Attorney Chris Christie
Aug 24th, 2007 · The U.S. government has expressed regrets and made a $250,000 settlement with an Iraqi refugee who was mistakenly detained and nearly deported in 2003. But the Justice Department denies that the man was the victim of ethnic profiling.
Keywords: Iraq · settlement · Justice Department · victims · ethnic · profiling · 2003
Mar 20th, 2007 · Joseph Vella's new Traneumentary is a serial podcast profiling jazz giant John Coltrane. The documentary features interviews with all sorts of jazz artists, and updates with new installments through the end of July.
Keywords: artists · interviews · profiling · Jazz · documentary · podcasting · John Coltrane · Coltrane · serial · Joseph Vella · Traneumentary
