Everything in Black Economics
by CHRIS LEE, Opinion/Editorial The Harris campaign released a detailed economic plan on September 29, with proposals on inflation, housing affordability, child tax credits, and taxes. The plan offers new ideas to support small businesses and key industries like AI, but a large part of the plan is expanding current Biden/Harris policies like increasing taxes … Read more
September 5th, 2024 Trump delivers rambling attack speech to NY Financial Industry Group which includes some Economic Policies. A Trump Administration would focus on lowering energy prices. Summary Trump delivered an unfocused, disorganized, and off-topic one-hour speech to the Economic Club of New York on September 5th, 2024. Nothing new. The speech was supposed to detail his … Read more
One of the few interesting comments from the Biden/Trump debate on June 27th, was about immigrants taking “Black Jobs.” Trump later repeated the comment during his interview with a panel at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention. Trump is great at turning a complex topic into an emotional sound bite. Let’s just admit … Read more
Black workers are squeezed at the bottom and limited at the top Summary When I grew up, I heard of the “Sacred Seven”: seven occupations where Black people could do well during Jim Crow segregation. The seven are: Doctor, Dentist, Lawyer, Preacher, Teacher, Mortician and Businessman. They are occupations based on the needs of … Read more
The holiday season is here. It’s time for gifts, holiday meals, and celebrations, parties, and community. The holidays are a great time to celebrate and give thanks for all we have. In this fun and joyous time of the year, we want to look at a part of the economy that affects us all. We … Read more
Top Stories Wanted: 20,000 Young Americans to Fight Climate Change (NY Times) — The White House plans to create an “American Climate Corps” that would train thousands of young people for green jobs. Diddy Accused By Diageo Of Working Against Other Black-Owned Businesses (Hot New Hip Hop) The number and share of SBA-backed 7(a) and … Read more
Labor Day Related Stories or Economic Outlook Labor Day Edition I wish I had a lot of good news on Labor Day, but I don’t. The good news There are a couple of Labor bright spots. On July 31st, the New York State Nurses Association and the NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation reached a settlement. … Read more
A couple of Labor Day articles focusing on history. When Labor Day Meant Something (Atlantic) Have we forgotten the true meaning of Labor Day? (The Conversation) A Labor Day Reflection on Unions, Race, and Division (New Yorker) It’s not just famous actors and big-name writers the Hollywood strikes are hurting (Vox) Labor Day Is a … Read more
We can’t believe there is no classic Great Migration movie. We love the Grapes of Wrath, but there should be a Black Great Migration movie. So we are asking our readers to create their own movie script. Here is ours. Update: It’s too big for a movie. So, now it’s a six-part mini-series. Here is … Read more
Great Migration – Key Books, Articles, Websites, and Resources To save you time, here are the two best sources on the US Black Great Migration: a general article and a website from the Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium. Read these first instead of this article. Then come back for the details and discussion. … Read more