Vice President Kamala Harris has a political career that is classic textbook. She leveraged her legal training at the University of California into a position in the District Attorney’s office. […]
Author Archives: Julianne Malveaux
Posted inCounting the Cost, National
The dynamics of resistance
Each year the Association for the Study of African American Life and History sets a theme for Black History Month. This year the theme is Black Resistance. It is appropriate […]
Posted inNational
The King Holiday reflects our Resilience
Just four days after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the inveterate warrior, Congressman John Conyers Jr. (D-MI), introduced legislation to make his birthday a […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, National, Opinion
Election reflections: Ignore the pollsters, challenge the Democrats
To let the pollsters tell it, Democrats were going to get a “drubbing” or a “shellacking” just like the one President Barack Obama experienced in 2010 when Dems lost 63 […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, National, Opinion
Race neutrality is anti-Blackness
During this Supreme Court session, the justices will tackle affirmative action in two cases brought by “Students for Fair Admissions” opposing affirmative action policies at Harvard University and the University […]
Posted inLocal
Calling out global anti-Blackness
In Los Angeles, City Council President Nury Martinez resigned both her Council Presidency and later her seat after someone leaked vile racist sentiments that she shared with members of a […]
Posted inHealth, National, Opinion
Black wombs matter: See ‘Aftershock’
Did you know that Black women are three or four times more likely to die from childbirth complications than White women? Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL), who heads the Congressional Black […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Opinion
Policymakers must embrace patient-preferred approaches helping seniors safely heal at home
At a time when the healthcare system is largely focused on advancing equity—a goal that has long eluded us—the federal government is proposing policies that threaten to upend the entire […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Opinion
The global evils of predatory capitalism
The world is mourning the demise of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II, the long-serving monarch who died on Sept. 8, and my mama always told me not to speak […]
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A step in the right direction
President Joe Biden made a campaign promise to alleviate some student loan debt, and on August 24, he honored his commitment. Some say it is too little. Obstructionists say it […]