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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Dr. Julianne Malveaux is an economist, author and Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at Cal State LA. She is an economist, commentator and president of PUSH Excel, the educational branch of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. She can be reached at Juliannemalveaux.com.
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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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The Black Super Bowl and the challenge of Anti-Blackness
African-American history was celebrated at this year’s Super Bowl. It was the first time that two Black quarterbacks faced off against each other.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]