By LaKeshia N. Myers I am MPS Proud. From Lloyd Street Global Education School, Grand Avenue Middle School, to Rufus King High School (aka the best school anywhere), my K-12 experience in Milwaukee Public Schools was one that I have often extolled and at times wax nostalgic for. I am also ashamed of MPS; ashamed […]
The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Black America’s RDIS
BlackEconomics.org® In a White Supremacist world, it is expected that efforts would have been undertaken to influence Black Americans to believe that we had little-to-no power—especially economic power. Then “spending power” (now thought to be approaching $2.0 trillion) emerged as a counter claim to our powerlessness. More recently during the Covid-19 Pandemic, several submissions appeared […]
Milwaukee Public Schools Prime for Takeover
Say Something Real Financial Turmoil Spells Trouble By Michelle Bryant “The math ain’t mathing” accurately sums up the recent financial turmoil facing Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). Per Urban Dictionary, the popular phrase means that something doesn’t add up or when you are skeptical about something you are hearing or seeing. Over the last few days, […]
A Fathers Love
Kweku’s Korner Dedicated to Joie Michael, Maya Alisia, Jonah Herman, Noah Robert, and Skye Alyxandra Kathryn By Kweku Akyirefi Amoasi There was a movie, a few decades ago, entitled “Mrs. Doubtfire.” This movie was about a man whose marriage had failed, and he felt his children were going to be taken from him. To stay […]
It’s Time to Rip the Band-Aid Off
By Representative Dora Drake Our children are the future; they will become our next doctors, teachers, leaders, nurses, and electricians. Our children will have their own families, their own dreams, and inherit the struggles we failed to address. In this moment, we as a community must ask ourselves, how are the children? And the sad […]
Comprehending Context Fully
BlackEconomics.org® Introduction To know, to know fully, implies that correct action is possible in response to what is known. In Black America’s case, there is widespread and general knowledge of our “condition”—statistics even—on many fronts. This “knowledge” begs the question: Why do we not do more to improve our condition? The latter question sheds light […]
Great day for Baseball MLB Integrates Negro Statistics into All-Time Record Books
By Charles Collier Back in December of 2020, Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Manfred announced that “MLB is officially elevating the Negro Leagues to MLB status. Culminating the centennial celebration of the founding of the Negro Leagues, MLB is proud to highlight the contributions of the pioneers who played from 1920-1948.” From that point on, […]
Got Hemp: The Agricultural Goldmine of Hemp Farming
By LaKeshia N. Myers There has been much discussion recently from some politicians about banning Delta-8 and other hemp products. The concerns arise from rising use of teens getting sick from using too much hemp and mixing it with other substances, for the purpose of intoxication. For those who don’t know the difference between hemp […]
The Wheels on the Bus
I value the work of the Biden-Harris Administration to provide funding and resources for school diversity and equitable access to education.
Stop Coloring Within the Lines: Don’t Miss Oppenheimer’s Messages
BlackEconomics.org® One of our most vivid memories of early elementary school is being pleasantly exuberant about having crayon colored a map of the African Continent, only to be told that the effort was subpar because there was “coloring outside the lines.” At a later point, there was a seemingly applauding comment by a teacher’s assessment […]
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