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Goodbye, American neoliberalism. A new era is here: Cornel West

November 25, 2016December 3, 2016African American Commuities, African American Economics ...

Trump’s election was enabled by the policies that overlooked the plight of our most vulnerable citizens. We gird ourselves for a frightening future.

#BuyBlack: 25 Black Businesses to Support on Black Friday | OkayAfrica

November 25, 2016November 22, 2018#BuyBlack, African American Commuities ...

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HUD Is Essential to the Fight Against Poverty. Ben Carson Will Lobotomize It.

November 25, 2016December 3, 2016African American Commuities, African American Economics ...

“…The last thing he would want to do was take a position that could cripple the presidency.”

How Do You Throw a Birthday Party When a Child Is Homeless?

November 22, 2016November 23, 2016African American Commuities, African American Wealth ...

Stephany Cruz’s son, Jeremiah, who just turned 8, was thrilled by the face painting, games and pizza at his recent birthday party. It was especially thrilling because Ms. Cruz and her son were homeless at the time and living at a Win homeless shelter in Manhattan.

Black Wealth in the Age of Trump

November 22, 2016November 22, 2016African American Commuities, African American Lives ...

The president-elect has pledged tax reform and job creation—policies that should theoretically help poor and minority Americans. Will they?

Millions Are About to Get a Raise for Overtime Work, and Republicans Are Plotting to Take It Away

November 22, 2016November 22, 2016African American Commuities, African American Employment ...

It was just this spring that millions of Americans learned they were in for a big raise courtesy of the Obama administration’s long-awaited updating of the federal rules for overtime pay.

When Banking Black Was Not Enough, This Woman Took an Extraordinary Extra Step to Help Black-Owned Businesses

November 16, 2016November 21, 2016#BuyBlack, African American Commuities ...

You could call it a hidden-camera show, but that’s not exactly what it is. It’s so much more than that.

Brothers Behind Bars

November 15, 2016December 16, 2019African American Commuities, Black Crime ...

What happens when the only life you’ve known has been in an institution?

Things Are About to Get Much Worse for Poor Americans

November 10, 2016November 21, 2016African American Commuities, African American Lives ...

They didn’t vote for this. Richer Americans did.

Black clergy to monitor city polls

November 7, 2016November 21, 2016African American Commuities, African American Lives ...

Black clergy have joined forces with others to organize volunteers to monitor polling stations in African-American communities on Election Day in Philadelphia.