How might we address income inequality, the civil rights issue of our time?

HOPE Credit Union, a bank with a twist. A success story in the Mississippi Delta.

When banks started disappearing in the Mississippi Delta, turning low and mid-income communities into "bank deserts," William Bynum turned despair into hope by founding a new sort of bank.

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5 Apps That'll Make your Life Easier this Holiday

·         CheckPoints – a shopping app that rewards you for checking-in to stores while you do your holiday shopping and scanning barcodes.   Accumulate points and earn real world rewards like airline miles, gift cards, and gadgets.  The app that gives back!
·         Epi – This app by Conde Nast provides you with thousands of recipes, helps you make shopping lists, and gives you user reviews to help all your holiday cooking go off without a hitch.  Perfect for dinner parties this holiday.
·         Pandora – Put it on a Christmas carol channel, and voila – you can keep you and your friends singing all the way to grandmother’s house.  Don’t forget to “like” Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas” – a modern classic.
·         Pageonce Personal Finance – Stave off the influx of bills during the holidays with this app that consolidates all of your accounts and helps you keep them under control. 
·         Kyte– This app allows you share photos the instant you take them, so you can share your holiday memories with friends and family who aren’t celebrating with you.  Or, instantly upload embarrassing pictures of your coworkers at your office holiday party.

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