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 […]
Category: Counting the Cost
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.
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 […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, National, Opinion
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 […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Guest Opinions, Opinion
The teacher shortage is a symptom of a greater challenge
This school year, you can’t turn on a television or open a newspaper without reading or hearing about the teacher shortage. And it is clear that current shortages are being […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Guest Opinions
Revolutions, evolutions and Serena Williams
Unquestionably, Venus and Serena Williams revolutionized women’s tennis. With serves that approached the speed of light, fantastic agility, exceptional athleticism, and the grace of gazelles, they changed how women played […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Opinion
To stop gun violence, use economic tools
There have been at least 214 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, the most recent being the killings during a July 4 gathering in Highland Park, […]
Posted inBlack History, Black History-OW, Counting the Cost, National
After Juneteenth – Reparations now
Juneteenth, or June 19, 2022, was marked with fireworks and concerts, parades, and proclamations, a big difference from Juneteenth a year ago when President Biden signed the executive order making […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Opinion
Black Buffalo is hurting from more than the massacre
I was invited to join folks from Black Lives Matter to meet some of the affected in Buffalo, N.Y. — people who have been traumatized by the awful May 14 […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, National
If White supremacy is poison, Ethnic Studies is the antidote
By Julianne Malveaux oped contributor President Joe Biden was uncharacteristically, but appropriately, angry and firm when he described White supremacy as “poison.” He spoke from Buffalo days after a putrid […]
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Our disappearing rights
When the Supreme Court overturned Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, it struck a blow to voting rights. No longer did states with a history of discrimination have to […]
