February 12th, 2012 
Administrator 
Have you heard about the 2012 Robosigning and Foreclosure Abuse Settlement? A landmark settlement between the federal government and the nation’s largest banks was reached last week. The settlement will provide relief to the hardest-hit homeowners and end some of the most abusive practices of the mortgage industry. The settlement will provide as much as $25 [...]
Posted in Community, Features, News 
Tags: Bank Settlement, Department of Justice, Foreclosure Settlement, Homeowner relief 
No Comments » February 11th, 2012 Administrator 
Have you heard of THOMAS, an online database listing legislative information form the Library of Congress? THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Aside from access to [...]
Posted in Community, Congress, Economy, Education, Features, Legislature, President Obama Tags: American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Respect for Rights of Conscience Act of 2011, Stock Act, Stop Online Piracy Act, THOMAS No Comments » January 23rd, 2012 Administrator 
Could your community make good use of grant money meant for revitalization? Many communities across America would certainly put a grant to good use. This week the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it is making available $110 million in grants to transform public and assisted housing and to revitalize communities. The Notice of Funding [...]
January 23rd, 2012 Administrator 
Did you know that you can participate in an open session of “Office Hours” with President Obama’s key administrators? On Jan 24th President Obama delivers his fourth State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress, the Supreme Court and most importantly, our nation. Starting at 9 pm EST. Leading up to the address and [...]
Posted in Budget, Community, Congress, Economy, Education, Features, Legislature, President Obama, Supreme Court Tags: State of the Union Address No Comments » January 18th, 2012 Administrator 
Where do you stand on the SOPA and Protect IP Act? Although Congress does not return from recess until Jan 23rd, the debate over SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, the Protect IP Act, has been boiling for weeks. When Congress reconvenes, tactics in Congress to push the bills may move quickly. Democratic [...]
Posted in Community, Congress, Features, News, World News Tags: Congress, PIPA, SOPA, Wikipedia No Comments » January 16th, 2012 Administrator 
How did you celebrate the King holiday? Hopefully you provided a service to others. And, if you did not, it is not too late. You have the rest of the year, and the rest of your life to be a part of the dream. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and [...]
Posted in Community, Features Tags: community service, Dr. Martin Luther King, MLKDAY.GOV, national holiday No Comments » January 13th, 2012 Administrator 
What was the day all about exactly? Will Businesses Take Note? President Obama recently hosted the first Insourcing American Jobs Forum at the White House. Surrounded by business and civil leaders, the President proposed tax incentives for businesses that adapt the plan to bring jobs back to the US. President Obama talked about his hope for the [...]
January 1st, 2012 Administrator 
The year of 2011 proved to be an extraordinary season for the participants, petitioners and protestors who fanned freedom’s flames in the U.S. and abroad. From the fall of the last Pharaoh in Egypt, Khadafi in Libya, to the prancing Tea Party and the mobilization of its antithesis, the Occupy movement, the role of citizen [...]
Posted in Ask Anita, Budget, Community, Congress, Economy, Education, Elections, Employment, Energy, Features, The Anita Estell Show, Women No Comments » December 29th, 2011 Administrator 
From the Four Part Series on the Debt Ceiling to our discussions with Karen Middleton of Emerge America and Dr. Elizabeth Clark of The National Association of Social Workers, to the Ask Anita letters from our readers, to the weekly reports on the happenings and many “non-happenings” of Capitol Hill, it has been an incredible year for The People’s Place. Wishing all of our [...]
December 28th, 2011 Administrator 
As the year comes to a close, Time Magazine selected its person of the year recently, “The Protestor”. For the past eighty years, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year has been a person, group or even ideal that has undeniably changed the world around us. This year’s nonviolent protestors, those around the world who have [...]
