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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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This entire ecosystem of discount culture is built on someone else being discounted. What do we really gain from chasing sales that were never sales in the first place?
Consumers love a sale. We love the little red tag, the “limited time only,” the breathless “50% OFF!” that promises we’re getting over on somebody. At…
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We’re tired of being told patriotic duty looks like over-stuffing shopping carts. Consumerism is not freedom. Conscious spending is.
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…
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Democratic socialism is not a threat to democracy; its democracy fulfilled. It means that freedom should extend beyond the ballot box to the workplace and the marketplace.
Now that Zohran Mamdani is the mayor-elect of New York City, expect the slings and arrows aimed at him to intensify. He has been called everything…
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When Cheney endorsed Kamala Harris, he reminded Americans that patriotism is not defined by party, but by principle.
Dick Cheney, who died this week at age 84, was one of the most powerful and controversial figures in modern American politics. The former Vice President…
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when Congress turns governance into a game, it’s not abstract for Black families - it’s a direct hit to their economic security.
For millions of Americans, the federal government isn’t an abstraction. It’s a paycheck, a housing voucher, a student loan payment, a disaster relief check. When the…
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The truest patriots are those willing to critique their country because they believe it can live up to its promise. Black people have always done that work.
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…
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We don’t scare easily. We don’t flatter him. We operate in truth - kryptonite to someone thriving on illusion.
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…
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They are holding government operations hostage because they don’t want to fund policies that can saves lives.
The federal government shut down on October 1, and the impasse between Congressional Democrats and Republicans suggest that this may be a long one. Already, Speaker…
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The much-reported fact that Black women lost more than 300,000 jobs in the past several month trickles down to students whose tuition may be unpaid, families who spiral down to instability, and communities in crisis.
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…
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