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BC Editorial Board Member Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD (JulianneMalveaux.com) is former dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at Cal State, the Honorary Co- Chair of the Social Action Commission of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and serves on the boards of the Economic Policy Institute as well as The Recreation Wish List Committee of Washington, DC. Her latest book is Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy. A native San Franciscan, she is the President and owner of Economic Education a 501 c-3 non-profit headquartered in Washington, D.C. During her time as the 15th President of Bennett College for Women, Dr. Malveaux was the architect of exciting and innovative transformation at America’s oldest historically black college for women. Contact Dr. Malveaux and BC.
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Many will describe her as an “icon” or “role model” and an inspirational woman who shattered the glass ceiling with grit and grace. She was persistent, resilient, visionary, collaborative, brilliant, and awe-inspiring.
The late Senator Dianne Feinstein was my Mayor. I’m a native San Franciscan who cut her political chops in my home city. I often spent time…
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Predatory capitalists are capturing the benefits of both worker productivity and worker concessions, resulting in record profits among auto manufacturers. President Joe Biden was spot on when he said that record profits ought to mean record contracts.
The United Auto Workers and the Big Three automobile manufacturers – Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis haven’t been able to come to agreement about worker compensation,…
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Every time we use the term “white supremacy,” we reinforce the myth. Can we call it white delusions, white myopia, or white ignorance?
We need to watch our language. The debacle at the Montgomery Pier, where enslaved people were once offloaded and sold, is described as a “brawl.” The…
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our President must ask how we get past the history to compensate the descendants of enslaved people who still experience generational trauma from enslavement.
Just two years ago, in 2021, The Senate unanimously passed legislation to make Juneteenth (June 19) a federal holiday. The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the…
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The siren call of the presidency beckons many who are long on ambition and short on possibility.
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott has joined the throng of Republicans seeking to unseat the former president as the front-runner of that party. So far, he…
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Napoleon needed money, Jefferson needed land, and both wanted to contain Black rebels and ensure their rebellion did not spread to the United States.
My maternal grandfather was Haitian. I didn’t know him well – he died when I was about six. I don’t remember whether he smoked a pipe…
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The attacks on poor people are recurrent. Extremist Republicans seem to have contempt and antipathy for those hard-working people who live with low wages and challenging working conditions.
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) had a tumultuous election to his post as House Speaker in January. It took him fifteen votes and innumerable compromises to secure his…
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Like Wells, the two Justins were undeterred by the potential consequences of their anti-gun protest. Like Wells, they are a profile in courage and conviction.
The abolitionist journalist Ida B. Wells’s quest to document lynchings began when three of her friends, Tommy Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Will Stewart, were lynched because…
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Anyone can offer thoughts and prayers. Who is willing to change policy to protect our students?
The recent massacre of three students and three adults in Nashville is alarming. How and why did a former student invade the school, locked and loaded…
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