On Our Radar

Poor and working class white folks showing up alongside Black folks and people of color demanding justice is actually exactly who we are.

“All housing policy right now should be about keeping people in their homes,” said McCargo. “For black and Latino families, the majority of their wealth is in home equity. That is the asset that allows for the most wealth building and the preservation of that is critical.”

A rip in the fabric of the economy won’t be healed easily, and denial of the severity of the crisis won’t solve it.

For a group of elite black executives, police killings and protests have unleashed an outpouring of emotion and calls for action.

In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, some cities are asking if the police are being asked to do jobs they were never intended to do. Budgets are being re-evaluated.

So I ask my fellow Americans: What will each of you do?

As this analysis makes plain, there is a clear distinction in the demographic and political make-up of counties that reached high COVID-19 prevalence between March 30 and April 19, and those reaching that status between April 20 and May 31.

Forty-two million people have filed for unemployment. But last week applications for mortgages on new homes were up 17.5% compared to a year ago.

How U.S. cities lost precious time to protect black residents from the coronavirus.

Whether it’s police violence, poor medical care, or simply trying to breathe, we suffer from an underlying condition: racism

People who’ve watched and participated in the Black Lives Matter movement say that this time feels different. And the prevalence of these small protests is one of many reasons why.

Of course, there will always be jobs that that require different kinds of training and skills, with different wage levels, and varying levels of authority. And our data long pre-date Covid-19. But as essential workers, both seen and unseen, continue to do their jobs in the midst of a pandemic, despite the risks, it is time to rethink our current perceptions about job status, and respect work for what it is – work.

Couper, the creator of the Madison Method, said, “It’s this whole attitude of, ‘We keep order because we kick ass, and it’s us against them.’ (…) We’ve got to root those people out and say, ‘Look, this is the job that we expect. This is how a democracy is policed. If you can’t buy into it. I’m sorry. You just have to find another job.’”

The patchwork system of well-being checks in some of Chicago’s public and subsidized housing was not enough to prevent deaths in heartbreaking circumstances.

The brazen corruption at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has a real and devastating impact on downtrodden Americans.