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Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD

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.

366 pieces

Cover Story

Calling Young Leaders To Stop The Violence

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

I’m willing to stop preaching when young leaders step up. I applaud the Black Lives Matter movement, and am excited when those who are of not African descent join this movement. Still, I am waiting for the same young leaders to demand that their peers stop killing each other.

I only recently embraced my status as an “elder”. Actually, I describe myself as an “episodic elder”, eager enough to take one of those lovely over…

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Commentary

Human Rights For Prisoners

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

Police officers need more training to deal with the mentally ill, and those with Down’s syndrome. Unless these “violators” are flashing a weapon, they should be talked down, not shot down. Instead, those officers think they have a license to shoot and kill harmless and helpless people.

Baltimorean Freddie Gray is neither the first, nor will he be the last person to die in police custody. According to a 2011 report from the…

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Commentary

For Profit Colleges – Let The Buyer Beware

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

Before enrolling in one of these colleges, students need to consider other options, and also check on the placement records these schools like to brag about.

According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, about 1.7 million people will receive their Bachelor’s degrees, and another nearly 750,000 will receive associate’s degrees this…

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Cover Story

Stolen Christmas

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

those who make public policy have been hostile to consumers and benevolent toward the bankers who played a major part in wrecking the economy in 2009.

Walmart will earn about a third of its profits from this Christmas shopping season. Jewelers earn nearly the same amount between November and December. If spending…

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Commentary

Turn the Tide – Martin Luther King Memorial Groundbreaking

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

Although Monday, November 13 was a dreary, gray day, there were smiles and excitement as people lined up to enter the groundbreaking for the Martin Luther King memorial on the Washington Mall. Though the Secret Service cleared folks at a snail’s pace, spirits and energy was high as people smiled and told each other what…

Although Monday, November 13 was a dreary, gray day, there were smiles and excitement as people lined up to enter the groundbreaking for the Martin Luther…

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Commentary

Musings on the Midterms – Election Reaction & Analysis

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, PhD Editorial Board

When Missouri Senator-elect Claire McCaskill declared victory over Republican incumbent Jim Talent, I finally went to bed. It had to be two o’clock in the morning. I had to be bone tired. As a news junkie, national affairs commentator, and political analyst, part of me knows why I was glued to the television throughout the…

When Missouri Senator-elect Claire McCaskill declared victory over Republican incumbent Jim Talent, I finally went to bed. It had to be two o’clock in the morning.…

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