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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 11, 20223 min read

WHAT BLACK STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS ARE SAYING

By now, most of us have heard about the basic parameters of the student loan debt crisis. But still, some things are worth repeating.

Jan 25, 20224 min read

HERE'S ONE ARGUMENT AGAINST THE CANCELLATION OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT THAT NEEDS TO DIE, AND DIE NOW!

I don't care what anybody says. This student loan thing is serious. The amount of outstanding student loan debt is somewhere in the $1.75 tr

Dec 30, 20213 min read

UP IN SMOKE?

I've got no beef with people who be getting buzzed from a blunt. In fact, I've been a long-time supporter of the decriminalization of marij

Dec 7, 20216 min read

END CHILD POVERTY NOW!

According to the most recent Census report ,11.4% of the population-- 37.2 million people-- fall below the federally defined poverty line. T

Nov 4, 20214 min read

STOP ERASING OUR BLACK LGBTQ SIBLINGS: THEY ARE NOT UNICORNS

Over 1 million US residents self identify as both LGBTQ and Black. They are not unicorns!

Oct 16, 20213 min read

WHO GOT THE GIGS?

The economy produced 194k jobs during September. Who got them gigs?

Oct 2, 20213 min read

WHAT'S THE SKINNY ON THAT STIMMY?

Poverty is a public issue and will only be abolished through public policies. That's one of the lessons from the stimmy

Sep 11, 20217 min read

IT'S (BEYOND) TIME TO LISTEN TO BLACK WOMEN

Black women have been the prophets in the wilderness, proclaiming and fighting for reproductive justice

Aug 6, 20215 min read

WHITE PEOPLE ARE SCARY AF

White folk done got me shook. They're downright frigtening, out of control, dangerous, irresponsible, and rageous. They're scary AF.

Jul 13, 20216 min read

SADIE T.M. ALEXANDER: OUR FIRST BLACK ECONOMIST AND HER CALL FOR A GUARANTEED JOBS PROGRAM

The first Black economist in the US and her call for economic rights and a guaranteed jobs program.

Jul 4, 20214 min read

GETTING A GRIP ON THE FLIP

A recent BLS report finds that the number of workers quitting is at an all time high. Why are folks flipping the bird??

Jun 23, 20219 min read

HANGING WITH THE HORRIFIC

My name is Mike and I'm a horror head. You can learn some stuff if you hang a bit with the horrific

Jun 11, 20216 min read

BOOGEY BOUNCES BACK!

He's always around. Crouched under the bed. Lurking in the dark. Popping up mysteriously, and ready to pounce and pummel to death. We know a

Jun 2, 20214 min read

THE INCONVENIENT INQUISITOR

The speaker was spell-binding. His stories, the rhythm of his rhetoric, his commanding presence, his apparent erudition-- all of it had a wa

May 29, 20216 min read

STUCK IN A RUT

See that right there? That graph. Well, it displays movements in the percentage of unemployed workers who've experienced long turn...

May 8, 20215 min read

SNATCH THE SCRATCH

It's time for a wealth tax. It's time, at the very least, to start with a PTOP-- a pandemic tax on plutocrats. It's time to snatch back the

May 3, 20214 min read

PLANET OF THE PLUTOCRATS: PROSPERING DURING THE PANDEMIC

Billionaires made out like bananas during the pandemic. For millions of others, the story is different. Outrageous!

Apr 10, 20213 min read

REST EASY, EARL

DMX was a flawed but beautiful brother. He battled demons and wrestled with God.

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?

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.