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Sep 20, 20208 min read

Talking Loud and Saying Nothing

I used to love me some JB. The funk. The precision. The songs: Papa Got a Brand New Bag. Sex Machine. Popcorn. Say it Loud: I'm Black and I

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Mar 9, 20215 min read

FREE MARKET FUNDAMENTALISM IS A KILLER

When I mask up, I'm not protecting myself; I'm protecting you. And, likewise, when you mask up, you're not protecting yourself, you're prote

Mar 3, 20214 min read

MAKE THE ANCESTORS PROUD

We have long been involved in fighting for the rights of workers. It's a fight that makes the ancestors proud

Feb 19, 20215 min read

WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE WEIGHT?

This Texas power outage is a straight-up nightmare. Guess who's going to take the weight?

Feb 12, 20213 min read

GETTING TO KNOW U

We need to stop treating the official unemployment rate like it's a reliable measure of labor market distress. It's not.

Feb 10, 20213 min read

STILL GETTING PUNCHED BY THE PANDEMIC

The unemployment rate underestimates the extent to which we're still getting punched by the pandemic

Feb 2, 20219 min read

BETTING THAT SHORTY GETS GOT

By the GameStop saga ends, there'll be some winners and losers. But a whole lot of folks are going to get hosed

Jan 24, 20214 min read

WE NEED AN ECONOMIC KNUCKLE GAME

If we're serious about standing in solidarity with the least of these, then we better tighten up our knuckle game.

Jan 17, 20214 min read

TAPPED OUT AND TRAPPED

During our celebrations of King, we should seize the opportunity to link the Birmingham Campaign to the ongoing practices of a money bail sy

Jan 17, 20214 min read

SOLIDARITY AND THE SUB-FIFTEEN

Too often celebrations of the birthdate of Martin Luther King, Jr. get reduced to vague calls for racial tolerance, diversity, unity and, of

Jan 11, 20214 min read

GOING IN REVERSE

Mounting the horse of White rage, he promised his death cult devotees a "wild" experience, an opportunity to demonstrate their deadly obsequ

Jan 5, 20214 min read

PANDEMIC PROFITEERS

While millions are getting pummeled by the pandemic, a small group prospers.

Dec 22, 20204 min read

LIKE RUNNING WATER

We need an economics of Jubilee

Dec 12, 20204 min read

LOCKED OUT

A potential tsunami of evictions is staring us dead in the eye. We need to think big.

Dec 6, 20205 min read

JACKED UP JOBS MARKET

More than six months in, and the job market is still jacked. We need a stimulus plan now!

Dec 1, 20206 min read

DANCING WITH THE UNDEAD

Beware of the coming zombie invasion. Refuse to dance with the undead

Nov 22, 20205 min read

AN ECONOMIC VISION THAT CENTERS BLACK WOMEN

What would the economy look like if we centered the lives of Black Women?

Nov 15, 20205 min read

TRUMPISM: ALIVE AND WELL

73 million. That's how many folk voted to give Donald Trump another go a it. Sure, he grabbed 5 million fewer votes than Biden's 78,000,000.

Nov 8, 20204 min read

BREAKING BREAD WITH BANDITS

That didn't take long. Before the party barely got going. Before the good drinks got mixed and served. Before the music really got banging.

Nov 1, 20205 min read

THE OTHER FIFTY

But fifty's little rant about taxes and, by extension, economics, got me thinking about another fifty, about a fifty that has a lot more to

Oct 18, 20204 min read

HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION

There’s a lot going on. A reality TV star doubling down on reckless behavior amid growing numbers of people catching a case of COVID. A Negr