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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — I can’t remember when I met Dr. Olivia Hooker, a Tulsa Massacre survivor, the first African American woman to serve in the Coast Guard (she…
Dr. Julianne Malveaux is a member of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), an economist, author and Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at California State University at Los Angeles. Juliannemalveaux.com
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — I can’t remember when I met Dr. Olivia Hooker, a Tulsa Massacre survivor, the first African American woman to serve in the Coast Guard (she…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The 47th President has attacked our government like a bull in a China closet. He is doing his best to upend precedent and policy, as…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — For Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday commemoration to be recognized on the same day that Dr. King’s very antithesis is inaugurated into the Presidency is…
What would Dr. King do this birthday? By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — What would Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. do to celebrate his 96th birthday? Would he sit on the…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — As our beloved 37th President’s body makes its way from Plains, Georgia to Atlanta to the US Capitol to lie in state, tens of thousands of words…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — November 30 is Shirley Chisholm Day in New York, and it’s about time New York the nation, and indeed the world celebrates this Black woman,…
Medicare policy must help address shortages—Not push physicians out of high-need areas. By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Unequal access to high-quality health services is one of the most pervasive problems…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — I rarely think of Irish poets, but I could not help thinking of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) as I watched the 45th president unravel during…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — In an election year, Labor Day kicks off the official campaign season, and Vice President Kamala Harris kicked hers off with a bang. She had…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The Democratic National Convention, held August 19-22, was, among other things, an occasion of joy. I’ve attended every Democratic convention since 1976, and have never…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The big news of this year’s Democratic Convention is, of course, the nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris and the drama surrounding her nomination. The…
By Julianne Malveaux — Vice President Kamala Harris has a political career that is classic textbook. She leveraged her legal training at the University of California into a position in…