Madam C.J. Walker invented a line of African American hair products after suffering from a scalp ailment that resulted in her own hair loss. She promoted her products by traveling around the country giving lecture-demonstrations and eventually established Madame C.J. Walker Laboratories to manufacture cosmetics and train sales beauticians. […]
The Newest False Promises […]
Campaigning for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised that, if he was elected, “American worker[s] will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them.” […]
Today there are over 44 million student loan borrowers whose growing reliance on loans corresponds with the still-rising cost of higher education. Except for the financially well-off, student loans are being used more, not less, and include consumers of varying income levels. […]
If we women were honest, we would say that we have all cosigned patriarchy in the interest of keeping it moving. We have deflected the sexist comments that come our way, even as we cringe from them. We smile at men that we abhor because they may have decision making power in their hands. We dress up or dress down depending on the occasion and the way we have to play the game. We know the system is slanted against us, we know we still have to play, and we decide when we choose to blow the whistle, a whistle we could blow every single day. […]
Known as “surprise medical billing,” these unexpected costs arise when a patient goes to a hospital for emergency or non-emergency care, only to find out afterwards that one of the medical providers who administered care was not covered in the patient’s insurance network. […]
In the summer of 1963, Reuther teamed up with Dr. King in Detroit for The Walk to Freedom, the largest Civil Rights demonstration in U.S. history at that point, with an estimated 125,000 people attending. Led by Dr. King and President Reuther, the massive march down Woodward Avenue drew attention to matters close to the Equal Rights mission and to the UAW — racism, segregation, discrimination and inequality in hiring, wages, education and housing. […]
Billionaires […]
“It took less than 10 seconds for Michael Bloomberg’s support for stopping and frisking Black men as mayor on New York City to be referenced at tonight’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas. The knives are out, folks. The debate opened with moderators immediately pitting front runner Sen. Bernie Sanders against Bloomberg over who is the more polarizing figure and which one will bring out enough votes to push Trump out of office,” says reporter Scott Shackford of the Reason.com. […]
THESE FOUR MILLIONAIRES GAVE A TAX CUT TO THE RICH, TRIED TO STOP OBMACARE AND HAVE PLANS TO CUT OUR SOCIAL SECURITY. […]
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