Elections aren’t supposed to stop midstream, but in Louisiana, they did. After the Supreme Court stepped into the state’s redistricting fight, Governor Jeff Landry halted congressional primaries that were already […]
Author Archives: Julianne Malveaux
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From Reconstruction to the SAVE Act
Frederick Douglass did not know the day he was born. Like many enslaved people, he was denied even the dignity of documentation. Birth dates were approximations. Family lines were severed. […]
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The illusion of the markdown
Consumers love a sale. We love the little red tag, the “limited time only,” the breathless “50 percent OFF!” that promises we’re getting over on somebody. At this time of […]
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Flexing our economic muscles
Every year, corporations expect us to line up, log on, and lose our minds for Black Friday. They expect us to stretch our budgets, drain our accounts, and pretend that […]
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We don’t hate America, but we don’t trust it either
We don’t hate America. We built America. Brick by brick, cotton bale by cotton bale, invention by invention, we shaped this nation while it denied our humanity. Our ancestors sowed […]
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Trump’s issue with Black women
Donald Trump has a type — and it’s not the one tabloids flaunted. His real issue is Black women who hold power. From Letitia “Tish” James to economist Lisa Cook, […]
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Who gains when the economy implodes?
The United States economy is cruising for a bruising. Inflation keeps ticking up thanks to, among other things, rising inflation. The job market is not performing as expected, and unemployment […]
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Are we funding our oppression?
African Americans have about $1.6 trillion in buying power. And we are the ultimate consumers, disproportionately spending on beauty and personal care, apparel and footwear, and entertainment and technology. There […]