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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

Sep 20, 20208 min read

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WHEN WHITE FOLKS CATCH A COLD...

When White folks catch a cold, Black folk be coming down with pneumonia.

Sep 18, 20224 min read

NOT ENOUGH BUT FAR FROM NOTHING

Biden's Plan (BP) to ease the weight of student loan debt is not enough but far from nothing.

Sep 15, 20224 min read

DOCUMENTING DEATH

Lots of folks are dying prematurely and needlessly. This has nothing to do with God and everything with politics

Aug 14, 20224 min read

GOOD NEWS FOR SOME AIN'T GOOD NEWS FOR ALL

528,000 jobs and an unemployment rate of 3.5%. That's too hot for the Fed. Expect interest rate increase (again).

Aug 8, 20223 min read

ARE WE THERE YET?

People out here saying that the economy is in the midst of a recession are talking out the side of the neck!

Aug 6, 20224 min read

WHAT'S UP WITH CRYPTO'S APPEAL TO BLACK FOLK?

The popularity of crypto is an indictment of the reigning banking and finance system.

Aug 1, 20225 min read

ECONOMIST SAYS HE'S GOT A WHOLE LOT OF MORE

Like Clubber Lang from Stallone's Rocky series, economist Lawrence Summers is saying, "I got a lot of more"

Jul 24, 20225 min read

WE'RE HEADED TOWARD TROUBLE

Inflation's now running at 9.1%, and the Fed is ready to hike the interest rate yet again. We're headed toward trouble

Jul 14, 20223 min read

THE FED IS INTENT ON SACRIFICING WORKERS AT THE ALTAR OF PRICE STABILITY

Jerome Powell and "dem" are intent on sacrificing workers at the altar of price stability.

Jul 9, 20225 min read

THE FAITH OF THE FED IS FAULTY: BRACING FOR A HARD LANDING

The Fed's strategy of increasing its benchmark interest rate is likely to result in a hard landing. Brace yourselves!

Jul 6, 20223 min read

AIN'T NOTHING GOING ON BUT THE RENT

For far too many folk, Gwen Guthrie's lyrics ring true: Ain't nothing going on but the rent.

Jun 30, 20225 min read

KINFOLK AND THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE

When we moved to Dallas almost two decades ago, my spouse and I united with a church and, among other things, became active participants in

Jun 10, 20224 min read

THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE AND THE SKINNY ON SNEAKERS

Our vision is clouded because we've drunk--and continue to drink--from rancid wells of elitism and anti-blackness. We're in such an ideolog

Jun 7, 20226 min read

DON'T MAKE PEACE WITH POVERTY

There's nothing "natural" about child poverty, and seeking to abolish it is not akin to trying to obliterate the law of gravity

May 18, 20224 min read

CATS LIKE CHRIS

Just a few weeks ago, workers at Amazon's Staten Island, New York plant secured a major victory against daunting opposition. They organized

Apr 26, 20226 min read

WHY I CAN'T STAND DAVE RAMSEY

When it comes to personal finance gurus, Dave Ramsey pretty much sits at the top of that pecking order.

Apr 10, 20228 min read

THE LIVING WAGE AS A FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE

It’s been over a decade since the Congress legislatively boosted the minimum wage. More specifically, the minimum wage has been stuck at $7.

Mar 31, 20223 min read

FEDERAL RESERVE IS MORE THAN READY TO SACRIFICE WORKERS AT THE ALTAR OF PRICE STABILITY

Cut it wherever and however you want, the labor market for Black workers is far from tight. The Fed is threatening to slam on the brakes, an

Mar 24, 20224 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.

Mar 11, 20223 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

Jan 25, 20224 min read