Income inequality grows in U.S. by George Curry
Equally important to the fiscal cliff perhaps more important in conversation in the long term – is the issue of income inequality. […]
Commentaries
Obama should thank Jesse Jackson for winning formula
Obama won the election by assembling a progressive Democratic coalition pioneered by Jesse Jackson in 1984 and 1988. […]
Budget cuts should protect the safety net
We won’t be able to go forward until Congress sits down and makes the hard decisions to create a just budget that invests in children. […]
Black unemployment still needs to be addressed by Dr. Julianne Malveaux
There are real issues that must be faced not only in the next few weeks, but also in the next few years. […]
Maxine Waters case: A political train wreck by George Curry
The headlines proclaim that Rep. Maxine Waters, the outspoken Democrat from California, has been cleared of charges that she violated House ethics by advocating on behalf of a Black bank in which her husband held a substantial investment. […]
Stop economic segregation by Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Jr.
One of the most insidious forms of racial discrimination and injustice is the growing manifestation known as racially motivated “economic segregation.” Across the United States during the eight years of the Bush administration between 2001 and 2008, banking and mortgage companies were systematically deregulated. […]
The double whammy of poverty and unemployment by Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Last week, we learned that African American unemployment rates stayed level last month, with an absurdly high official unemployment rate of 14.1 percent. Unemployment rates for African American men fell, while those for African American women rose. These rates are way too high and understate the extent of pain that exists in the African American community. […]
The ‘politricks’ of White Supremacy by Dr. Benjamin Chavis
The 2012 political season is in full throttle toward the November 6h national elections. The Democrats and the Republicans have determined their respective national standard bearers and delineated their issue platforms and public policy agenda and priorities. […]
Time to End ‘Reverse Robin Hood’ Tax Policies
Right before the U.S. House of Representatives left for the summer to go home to campaign for your vote, members of Congress voted to extend the Bush era tax cuts […]
Some anti-poverty programs have been successful
Conservatives continue to assert that anti-poverty programs have failed when, in fact, they have saved millions of people from plunging into poverty. […]