By Ian Stern Two recent publications have shown that vulnerable neighborhoods in Buffalo are being threatened by two related, yet distinct, factors. Partnership for the Public Good (PPG) published an intensive study of eviction cases in the City of Buffalo in the year 2017 while the Buffalo News recently published an article regarding the recent

by Ian Stern The bi-partisan agreement to move to a vote the $2 trillion bailout signals to the nation, loud and clear, that we have one corporate-capitalist party. According to Reuters, two waves of $1,200 checks will be sent to individuals earning up to $75,000/year, constituting $500 billion of the package. That is the same

by Henry Louis Taylor, 2020 We are now in unchartered waters.  The world we knew yesterday no longer exists. The surreal is the new reality. This pandemic conjures up images of the deadly influenza pandemic of 1918.  It is way too early to compare COVID-19 to that tragedy, but already this pandemic has generated a

By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Re-Post from The New York Times The sting of Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016 still hangs heavy over the Democratic Party. There has yet to emerge a consensus understanding of the party’s failure to beat an opponent who almost everyone assumed could be defeated. Some have focused on voter suppression, others on

by Beth Kwiatek, 2019 Dear another voice, I once wrote, “To be Black or brown in the United States is to live in a world that is less inviting, less responsive, and with a certain kind of pain” I also wrote, “To be white is to be able to walk down the street like you

Michelle Obama’s new book reduces racial inequality to a matter of psychological impairment that can be overcome through grit and grin. This is a dangerous proposition. by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, 2019 Michelle Obama’s popularity is a remarkable political feat. Her ascent into the public spotlight, after all, began as a receptacle of rightwing misogynoir. From the