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…
Commentary, articles and essays written by Dr. Julianne Malveaux.
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…
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…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — America has rituals for the dead. We lower flags. We dim lights. We ask for moments of silence. In rare cases — former presidents, Rosa…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Labor economists like me mark our calendars for the first Friday of each month, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases The Employment Situation. In…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Don Lemon knew he was going to be arrested. On January 18, he flew from Minneapolis to Chicago to emcee the MLK Breakfast for PUSH…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Black America is often told that foreign policy is distant—something for diplomats, generals, and elites in places most of us will never see. We are…