Racial Justice

Drink Your Coffee Black-Owned

ussen2018-06-04T15:57:43-04:00Building Alternatives at Atlanta's Café ULU by Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo via Grassroots Economic Organizing Ormond Ashby bounces into the unheated, under-construction home of Café ULU on a chilly January day with a bayonet saw and an air of enthusiasm. The 76-year-old retiree is here to...

Cooperative Banking for Black Lives

ussen2018-06-04T15:55:19-04:00After facing decades of disinvestment and targeting by powerful financial institutions, African-American-owned credit unions could offer a way to build economic power and grow black wealth. via In These Times BY VALERIE VANDE PANNE MINNEAPOLIS—On an unseasonably warm Friday in late January, African-American business owners,...

A Digital Map Leads to Reparations for Black and Indigenous Farmers

ussen2018-06-04T15:54:49-04:00The map’s creators envision equitable distribution of land and resources through “people-to-people” reparations. by Jean Willoughby via Yes magazine Last month, Dallas Robinson received an email from someone she didn’t know, asking if she would be open to receiving a large sum of money—with no strings...

Alicia Garza Launches New Organization to Harness Black Political Power

ussen2018-06-04T15:54:33-04:00“Black folks drive the progressive political power in this country, but rarely benefit from the fruits of our labor. We are launching the Black Futures Lab as a way to mobilize around our needs, hopes and dreams.” by Kenrya Rankin via Colorlines As the nation 

How Black Businesses Helped Save the Civil Rights Movement

ussen2018-03-08T13:05:04-05:00via Institute for New Economic Thinking by Louis Ferleger and Matthew Lavallee Behind towering figures like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. were the taxi dispatchers, pharmacists, grocers, and other small business owners who were instrumental in making civil rights a reality. News that...