Herb Boyd, Author at Institute of the Black World 21st Century

John Liu and Bill de Blasio on income inequality

By Herb BoydCommentaries/Opinions

In a recent issue of The Nation, Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel was effusive in her praise of Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s plan to combat income inequality.

New York Times ain’t what it used to be

By Herb BoydCommentaries/Opinions

The “Old Gray Lady,” The New York Times, appears to be miffed that it was not the recipient of the leaks from whistleblower Edward Snowden, now on the run in Hong Kong and promising to fight extradition.

Same old, same old 50 years later

By Herb BoydCommentaries/Opinions

By Herb Boyd & Elinor Tatum

One of the most important revelations Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had even before he delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech—and what he deemed a shortcoming of the civil rights movement—was the failure to give economics a more pivotal role in the struggle for freedom and justice.