inequities

Black America Needs a ‘New Normal’: Equitable Credit Access to Build Wealth

Charlene Crowell NNPA Newswire ContributorJune 17, 2021

Although many officials have called for a ‘return to normal’, millions of small businesses and communities need something new instead. In Black America especially, the ‘old normal’ never delivered equitable access to wealth-building opportunities as those that well-served served much of White America. Instead, a lengthy history of public policies designed to create and sustain a burgeoning middle class systemically excluded Blacks and other people of color.

Dr. Ben Chavis

Race and Data Discrimination in America

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers AssociationFebruary 18, 2021

We all know that African Americans have the largest increase in unemployment before — and even more after the beginning of — the pandemic. African American-owned businesses have had the greatest financial losses amidst COVID-19. The more unemployment in Black America, the more Equifax’s Work Number data is purchased by a wide range of financial status verifiers. But who is monitoring or challenging the accuracy of the Equifax Work Number data especially when it is about African Americans?

Julianne Malveaux Opinion

How Strong is Our Economy?

Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire ContributorMay 9, 2019

“How strong is our economy? It is undoubtedly stronger than it was a year ago, but it’s not as strong as some claim that it is. Labor market weaknesses and inequality are of particular concern to African Americans. Companies are hiring, but they aren’t hiring enough African Americans to close the unemployment rate gap.”

Dr. Maulana Karenga Opinion

Concerning History, Heritage and Struggle: Reaffirming and Renewing Our Vanguard Role

Dr. Maulana KarengaJanuary 31, 2017

U.S. society is by all standards standing at the edge of a cliff of crisis