By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — They are calling it a budget cut. But let’s be clear: when Congress cuts WIC, it is taking food from pregnant women, babies, toddlers, and…
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 — They are calling it a budget cut. But let’s be clear: when Congress cuts WIC, it is taking food from pregnant women, babies, toddlers, and…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Imagine having electricity for only four hours a day. Now imagine not knowing which four hours. Can you make coffee? Refrigerate medicine? Charge your phone?…
The Imperial Presidency Meets the Family Business By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — America once worried about an imperial presidency. Now we have an imperial presidency merged with a family business….
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Seventy-one years ago, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. For generations…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The May 12 inflation report confirmed what many Americans already know in their bones: while economists debate indicators and politicians boast about growth, ordinary people…
How Federal Reserve policy lands hardest on those at the margins By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — By May 15, the Federal Reserve will likely have a new chair. That transition…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — I was raised Catholic. Not casually Catholic. My mother was the kind of Catholic who went to Mass every day. Faith was not something she…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — People keep talking about the future of work as if it is something waiting just around the corner—robots taking jobs, artificial intelligence transforming industries, entire…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Congress may be on recess. But the waitress covering a double shift, the nurse working overnight, the warehouse worker racing a delivery clock, and the…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Last Saturday, millions of Americans took to the streets under a simple banner: “No Kings.” More than 3,000 protests were organized across the country. Demonstrations…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — In the more than two-century history of the United States Senate, Black women have been almost entirely absent. Today, for the first time, two are…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Every March, Women’s History Month brings a familiar rhythm of celebration—panels, proclamations, and tributes to pioneers who shattered glass ceilings. Those stories matter. But if…