By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Forward Times Staff The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009. Several states have a higher minimum, but a predictable few, including Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, South Carolina and Alabama, are stuck at that low minimum. If the minimum wage kept up with inflation, it would be […]
Author Archives: Julianne Malveaux
Posted inCommentary
Why are we ignoring our children?
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux, Ph.D, Forward Times Staff The recent massacre of three students and three adults in Nashville is alarming. How and why did a former student invade the school locked and loaded with an automatic weapon and ruthlessly kill innocent students and their caretakers? While it is useless to speculate on the thought […]
Posted inOPINION
COMMENTARY: Why Won’t Democrats Fight?
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor Not a day goes by that I don’t get a text or three from the Democratic National Committee asking for contributions. Sometimes they come from Vice President Harris. Sometimes, from President Biden himself. Occasionally, from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi or DNC Chair Jaime Harrison. Not to mention the texts […]
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COMMENTARY: What a difference a day makes
Dr. Julianne Malveaux is an economist, author, media contributor and educator. Her latest project MALVEAUX! On UDCTV is available on youtube.com. For booking, wholesale inquiries or for more info visit www.juliannemalveaux.com (Photo/NNPA) By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor It took only one day, one inauguration, for the shift between pessimism and optimism. Just one day […]
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COMMENTARY: Monsters Are Scary. So Are Brilliant Black Women.
According to one dictionary definition, monsters are “a type of grotesque creature, whose appearance frightens and whose powers of destruction threaten the human world’s social or moral order. By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor I was frightened of monsters when I was a child. Not so sure why, but my brother, who loved to plague […]
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COMMENTARY: Is the Economy Rebounding?
Economic recovery is dependent on the development of a COVID vaccine, which the current President says will be ready in October or November. More realistic, such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, say a vaccine might not be ready until next summer or even later. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor On the […]
Posted inCommentary, Coronavirus, OPINION
Commentary: Who Gets the Ventilators?
By Julianne Malveaux The “big and bad” United States is seeing its world dominance recede. We are being vanquished both by a virus and by the ignorance of the “Commander in Chief.” We now know that there are not enough tests to detect the coronavirus, nor enough ventilators to treat all of those who are […]
Posted inCommentary, Coronavirus, OPINION
COMMENTARY: Billions for Boeing, Pennies for the People
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor The development of the $2.2 trillion stimulus package was extremely flawed. The Republican bullies in the Senate, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, wrote the bill with absolutely no Democratic input, then suggested that Democrats amend their legislation. The first draft of the bill, unsurprisingly, was a goody grab […]
Posted inCommentary, Health, NEWS, OPINION
Untreated Breast Cancer: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Story
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Newswire Contributor October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the proliferation of pink ribbons is about to start. Predatory capitalists will make breast cancer their cause, producing pink t-shirts, pocketbooks, everything. It’s a mixed blessing, this awareness, because too many will make this both a marketing and a profit-making opportunity, while […]
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COMMENTARY: To Commemorate Brown, Support Our Teachers
UDCTV is available on youtube.com. For booking, wholesale inquiries or for more info visit www.juliannemalveaux.com. By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor Sixty-five years ago, the Supreme Court ruled, in the Brown v. Board of Education case, that the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) doctrine of “separate but equal” was unconstitutional. That ruling ended legal segregation in […]
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OPINION: Let’s Clamp Down on Tobacco and Vaping Product Access for Young People
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor Nearly half a million people die every year from complications from smoking. About a tenth of them never put a cigarette to their lips – they die from exposure to second-hand smoke. Death from tobacco is, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the leading cause of preventable death. […]
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Can a Woman’s Coalition Survive Petulant White Women?
Submitted to the AFRO by Julianne Malveaux I have had about enough of some white women! First, fifty-three percent of them vote for an odious genital grabber. Then, they organize a women’s march with momentum from the #MeToo movement, founded by Tarana Burke, but co-opted by White women like the wanna-be activist Alyssa Milano who was a mediocre actress […]