Dr. Julianne Malveaux
THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS IS THE CONSCIENCE OF CONGRESS
All too often, the Congressional Black Caucus gets a bad rap. What do they do, many ask. What have they recently accomplished? Are they...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Feb 1, 20223 min read
BLACK HISTORY REAL AND IMAGINED
How should we commemorate Black History Month? Should corporations, universities, and nonprofit organizations bring in speakers, beat...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Jan 11, 20223 min read
WARRIOR LAWYERS LIKE LANI GUINIER
The amazing attorney, law professor, lawyer, author, and activist made her transition on January 7, 2022, even as Black folks and our...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Jan 4, 20223 min read
OUR BROKEN DEMOCRACY
A year ago, on January 6, 2021, a mob of crazed insurrectionists descended on the United States Capitol. Armed, angry and bent on...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Dec 28, 20213 min read
RECOVERY OR CRISIS?
According to MasterCard's spending reports, consumers spent more than 10 percent more than they did in 2019 before the COVID pandemic...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Dec 13, 20213 min read
REPARATIONS RISING WITH ROBIN RUE SIMMONS
The Honorable John Conyers, who represented Detroit in Congress from 1965 until 2017, introduced HR 40 every congressional session from...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Dec 6, 20213 min read
CONSUMERISM IS THE FOUNDATION OF PREDATORY CAPITALISM
Our nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) is a function of consumer spending. We are prodded, cajoled, enticed, and engaged in the...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Nov 29, 20213 min read
HOW MANY PASTORS CAN WE HAVE?
Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton are doing the right thing when attending the Amaud Arbery trial. They demonstrate the solidarity...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Nov 16, 20213 min read
NO RIGHTS WITHOUT VOTING RIGHTS
Black women leaders have been working on this issue of voting rights, calling for the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, the...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Nov 8, 20213 min read
GOOD NEWS FOR WHO?
Despite rising inflation and legislative drama, some economists are touting the latest jobs numbers as a cause for celebration. And...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Oct 25, 20213 min read
WILL IT BE DÉJÀ VU FOR 2022?
It was great to see President Barack Obama in Richmond, Virginia, campaigning with former governor and current gubernatorial candidate...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Oct 13, 20213 min read
LABOR SHORTAGE OR PAY SHORTFALL?
Walking down a busy urban street, one cannot help but notice the number of “help wanted” signs that grace the front of many...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Oct 7, 20213 min read
WHY WON’T DEMOCRATS FIGHT?
Not a day goes by that I don’t get a text or three from the Democratic National Committee asking for contriubtions. Sometimes they come...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Oct 4, 20213 min read
MELVIN VAN PEEBLES, CREATIVE GENIUS
One of the first Broadway plays I ever saw was Melvin Van Peeble’s Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death. A. Robert Phillips, who led...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Oct 4, 20213 min read
WHO GETS FLEXIBILITY?
I had not planned to have a policy conversation when I boarded my connecting flight from Detroit to DC. But the young white woman,...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Sep 22, 20213 min read
THANK YOU, BLACK WOMEN
When California governor Gavin Newsom woke up on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, I hope he fell to his knees and said, "Thank you, God,...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Sep 4, 20213 min read
THE NEW MULTIRACIAL AMERICA
So you are sitting on a park bench, just enjoying the weather. What is the likelihood that the next person that walks by you is of a...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Aug 10, 20213 min read
CLIMATE CHANGE ALERT: TUVALU IS SINKING
Tuvalu is a tiny Polynesian island nation located midway between Hawaii and Australia. Home to just 11,000 people, it is just 10 square...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Aug 3, 20213 min read
REP. CORI BUSH IS MY SHERO
Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-MO) was once homeless. She wrote movingly (https://time.com/6085841/cori-bush-homelessness-crisis/) about...
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Aug 2, 20213 min read
BLACK WOMEN AND THE PAY GAP –WE DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO!
It takes Black women until August 3, or 19 months, to earn what a white man earns in a year. Most years, Pay Equity Day happens in March...
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