Imara Jones
ARTICLES:
How Foreclosure Undermined Black and Brown Wealth
Colorlines' Imara Jones hopes that someone is paying attention to a recent report on how to fix the policy mess's impact on communities of color.
Marriage Is Great, but LGBT People of Color Need Job Security
Lack of legal protections for members of the LGBT community in two-thirds of the 50 states means that more people live in poverty because they don't have the same rights as other Americans, Imara Jones writes at Colorlines.
Are Cuts in Obama's New Budget Too Much?
As the POTUS presents a new budget, Colorlines' Imara Jones wonders who will be the hardest hit.
Budget Cuts Couldn't Happen Without Obama's Consent
With still more budget cuts on the table, Colorlines' Imara Jones writes that President Obama must fight for economic justice as he has against DOMA.
Curbing Greed to Create Real Economic Growth
Wall Street is raking in profits as the economy crawls back from the recession, but Colorlines editor Imara Jones says that this abundance isn't raining down on all Americans -- yet.
Sequestration and the Right-Wing Conspiracy to End Equality
The cruel reality is that those who can least afford it will bear the brunt of the impending social experiment, Imara Jones writes at Colorlines.
Obama Complicit in Economic Woes
On Colorlines, Imara Jones writes that President Obama has had a hand in America's struggling economy, and if policies don't change, the black and brown financial squeeze will continue.
10 Slavery Facts You Won't Find in 'Django'
Colorlines editor Imara Jones goes beyond Quentin Tarantino's spaghetti Western to shed light on slavery's economic ramifications and how the free supply of African labor built America's foundations.
We're Tumbling Over an Inequality Cliff
Colorlines' Imara Jones argues that we've wasted precious political and economic energy over the past eight weeks to produce a policy that does too little, does it too late and doesn't fix underlying fiscal or economic issues.
US Economic Inequity Stems From White Supremacy
As Americans await a fiscal-cliff solution that doesn't appear to be on the horizon before 2013, Colorlines' Imara Jones writes that in order to tackle the worst wealth inequity in decades, Americans must call out and defeat systemic white supremacy.