The housing crisis hit Hispanics and blacks much harder than it did whites! As Congress and the White House wrestle whether to raise taxes for the wealthiest Americans, a new analysis of Census data shows that the wealth gaps between whites and blacks and Hispanics widened dramatically during the... Read more...
For this generation of students to remain competitive with their international peers as adults, they need to start spending more time in school. This week President Obama proposed that American school children extend their time in class, either by lengthening the school day, or spending less tim... Read more...
It is hard to watch the news without being confronted with images and stories that disparage young black people again and again. From Philadelphia to Chicago to England, elected leaders and the media represent black youth as being engaged in uncontrollable behavior that necessitate legal interve... Read more...
Mumia Abu Jamal - The World Weeps As the U.S. performed its semi-religious rites in memory of 9/11, it does so with little real question of why 9/11 happened--at least among average Americans. For they have been ill-served by the media, primary educational systems and... Read more...
By: Abdul-Kareem Johnson Statistics constantly point out that the black income median is so much below the white. Less attention is paid to how much wealth is owned by blacks as compared to how much whites own in the country. The reasons for the disparity, of course, are clear and need not be... Read more...
011 ISSUE OF YES! MAGAZINE A white woman with gray hair pulled neatly into a bun raises her hand. She keeps it up, unwavering and rigid, as she waits patiently for her turn to speak. Finally, the microphone is passed to the back of the room, and she leaps to her feet. With an air of despe... Read more...
009 in the United States, Black household median wealth was $5,677 while White households are worth 20 times more at $113,149 At the present rate of closure, average Black households will never, EVER catch up to White households in wealth! The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grow... Read more...
011 Speech to the Grass Roots Radio Conference August 19, 2011 Kansas City, MO Station KKFI By Mumia Abu-Jamal Ona Move! Long Live John Africa! Dear friends: Attendees at the Grass Roots Radio Conference! Thank you for your invitation. I join y'all today, this way, by necessity; but we ... Read more...
NATIONAL DEBTS [col. writ. 7/30/11], (c) Mumia Abu-Jamal Amidst the political brinksmanshlp occasioned by the rising of the national debt ceiling, a question arises. What is the nation's debt? Of the 14.3 trillion cited in published accounts, over a quarter of that amount, or $4.4 tril... Read more...