By Julianne Malveaux – The first Friday of every month is the time when we learn what is happening with the prior month’s employment. Many are excited that in a two month period the unemployment rate dropped from 9.8 percent in November to 9.0 percent in January. Good news? Not really. Only 36,000 new jobs […]
Egypt, Economic Justice And The Rest Of Us
By Julianne Malveaux – People took it to the streets in Egypt on Tuesday, January 25, and they’ve been on the streets ever since. They’ve been demanding the removal of President Hosni Mubarak, and agitating for “freedom, democracy, and change”. Unemployment is high, economic opportunity is low, and people are so frustrated that they are […]
A Tragedy and My Apology
By Julianne Malveaux – My cellphone pinged on Saturday to say I had a message. I was in the middle of lunch and chose to ignore it. When I picked it up a couple of hours later, I felt the same sickness that millions did, learning that Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford was shot in an […]
Which Constitution?
By Julianne Malveaux – The incoming Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner (R-OH) seems to pride himself in his fealty to the United States Constitution, so much so that he plans to have the constitution read from the floor of Congress before he takes office. I am sure that Mr. Boehner thinks he […]
The Race for Racial Understanding- A Race Relations Symposium
Atlanta-Is racism a thing of the past? Is it real or imagined? Is it behind us or still with us? Are we there yet? We know racism is a reality in our society and while the “whites only” signs that once hung over water fountains, bus waiting rooms and lunch counters are found only in […]
Who Let the Ducks Out?
By Julianne Malveaux – Congress convenes on Monday, November 15 for its lame-duck session. Some of the Democrats that will sit in the majority are not going to be coming back to Congress in January. Some of the Republicans, now in the minority, are licking their chops because they will occupy the majority in a […]
Is Your Neighborhood Killing You?
Winston-Salem, N.C.- Since the 1970s Americans have benefited from legislative action to clean up air and water supplies, remedy toxic spills and increase food safety. In many communities, grassroots efforts provide a backstop where legal compliance is absent. But in both rural and urban areas across the U.S., racial minorities and the economically disenfranchised suffer […]