By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The American Dream has always been sold as an installment plan: work hard, save something, buy a home, educate your children, retire with dignity and,…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The American Dream has always been sold as an installment plan: work hard, save something, buy a home, educate your children, retire with dignity and,…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — As an economist, I have spent much of my life thinking about what money does. It measures value. It facilitates exchange. It stores wealth. But…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — This week I am thinking about what it means to go back to school in a country that still rations opportunity. The stores are selling…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — I have never been much for flag-waving patriotism. I respect the rituals, and I understand why some people are moved by them. But my own…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — I have never been much for flag-waving patriotism. I respect the rituals, and I understand why some people are moved by them. But my own…
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….
In this Special Edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “the Professor,” is joined by Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Milton Allimadi, and Dr. E. Faye Williams for a roundtable discussion…
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…