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 […]
Tag: Dr. Julianne Malveaux
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, 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, 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
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 […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Government/Politics, National, News
Brother Biden: Please keep another promise or two
I do this thing in my head with President Joe Biden. When he gets on my nerves, I often call him President. When I want something from him or want […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Opinion
Black women under attack
Chris Rock crossed the line when he ridiculed Jada Pinkett Smith for her alopecia in his mediocre Oscar performance last week. But I fell off the Chris Rock bandwagon years […]
Posted inCounting the Cost, Opinion
African-Americans and the Fed: From Andrew Brimmer to Lisa Cook
The Federal Reserve Bank, founded in 1913, has had more than one hundred members of its Board of Governors. Forty-four white men governed the nation’s monetary policy until 1966 when […]
Posted inBlack History, Counting the Cost, Opinion
Black History: Real and imagined
How should we commemorate Black History Month? Should corporations, universities, and nonprofit organizations bring in speakers, beat drums, and eat soul food? Should folks take out ads in the media […]
