Black Americans are almost twice as likely to be denied a mortgage than their white counterparts. By Nathalie Jimenez, BBC News — Katrinka Cox lives the American Dream: a green…
By Julianne Malveaux — There have been at least 214 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, the most recent being the killings during a July 4…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire — On Monday, March 28, President Joe Biden released his 2023 budget proposal that includes significant tax hikes on the wealthy. The $5.8 trillion…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire — It’s official, America has entered the Great Resignation. In August of 2021, 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs, and the quit rate, measured…
The world’s largest online retailer is no longer union-free in the U.S., following a remarkable election victory by an independent union. By Dave Jamieson, HuffPost — Amazon warehouse workers on…
Thousands of workers beat the odds and voted to become the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the US. By Caitlin Harrington, WIRED — A SCRAPPY GROUP of Amazon workers in…
“This is big,” said one economist on the reported tax plan that another called a “landmark proposal” to force the nation’s wealthiest individuals to pay their fair share. By Jon…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson — There’s nostalgia at the thought of paying four dollars for a gallon of gas. In fact, there’s an almost deep longing in paying five dollars…
By Julianne Malveaux — March 15 was National Pay Equity Day. It’s the day when women have to work into a new year to earn the same amount that men…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Our nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) is a function of consumer spending. We are prodded, cajoled, enticed, and engaged in the spending exercise, and all…
The developing world is growing more heavily indebted, worsening fears that the post-pandemic world will see global inequality get worse. By Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post — Across the globe,…
By William I. Robinson, Truthout — A log-jam of container ships waiting to dock and unload in Los Angeles ports. Semiconductor shortages generating a backlog of orders around the world…