Trump’s Federal Budget Will Be A Disaster For Black Workers
By LaToya B. Parker, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad The House recently passed a massive Trump budget bill that will cut trillions in taxes for the ultra-wealthy while eviscerating Medicaid, SNAP,…
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Senator Bernie Sanders: Why I’m Voting Against The U.S. Military Budget
By Senator Bernie Sanders Photos: YouTube Screenshots/Wikimedia Commons Today in America, 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, 85 million people are uninsured or underinsured and 21.5…
Should US Federal Government Spending Be Reduced?
Dr. Brooks Robinson\Black Economics.org Photos: YouTube Screenshots The most dramatic development since the November 5, 2024 election for some economists was an announcement by forthcoming President Donald Trump…
How Harris And Trump Differ On Tackling The Economy
By Sarah Naffa\AP Photos: YouTube Screenshots The two presidential nominees are using the week before their debate to sharpen their economic messages about who could do more for…
Criminalizing Homelessness: What If A Homeless Person Served On The Supreme Court?
By Jim Hightower Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons What’s wrong with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch? His soul, I mean. As one of the domineering right-wing extremists on…
Hog Slopping: America’s Budget Mess Secured By War Profiteering
By Dr. Tom H. Hastings\ PeaceVoice Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons It's budget season on a permanent basis now. When I was a full-time community organizer I used to…
U.S. House Passes 45-Day Funding Bill To Temporarily Avoid Government Shutdown
Photos: YouTube Screenshots WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding his vote in favor of a short–term government funding bill to keep the…
Congressman Mfume: We Face Government Shutdown Because Of Republican Recklessness And Infighting
Photos:YouTube Screenshots WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement Friday regarding the likely federal government shutdown on Sunday, October 1, 2023, at 12:01 a.m.…
Investing In Workers Can Further Ease Inflation And Boost Economic Growth
Photos: Department of Labor Washington, D.C. — While the U.S. labor market has largely recovered from the recession that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers cannot afford to…
US Arms Manufacturing: Producing Repression, War, And Global Death
Photos: YouTube Screenshots When the US gives arms to other nations, that is touted as diplomacy. If so, diplomacy needs a major makeover. In 1978, against all predictions…