by Alan Jenkins | Sep 29, 2016 | Blog
I’m tired of news outlets saying again and again that Donald Trump is courting African-American voters. It’s quite clear that Trump is communicating about African Americans in order to court suburban and college-educated white voters who frequently vote Republican but...
by Alan Jenkins | Sep 29, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
When Viola Davis took the stage earlier this month to accept an historic Emmy Award for Best Leading Actress in a Drama, she declared that “the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity.” Her poignant words were about racial and gender...
by Alan Jenkins | Jul 27, 2015 | Blog, Democracy
It’s a rare moment when two branches of our federal government take major steps to expand opportunity for all Americans. But, with relatively little fanfare, that’s what’s happened over the last few weeks in the critical area of housing. First, on June 25, the U.S....
by Alan Jenkins | Jun 3, 2015 | Blog, Economy
with Diego Iniguez-Lopez “What happens to a dream deferred?” asked Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes. “Maybe it just sags like a heavy load,” he opined. “Or does it explode?” We saw the answer in late April, when the deferred dream of equal justice and...
by Alan Jenkins | Jan 29, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a very important fair housing case, and the Justices’ comments from the bench have had court watchers buzzing ever since. Here’s my take on what the legal back-and-forth in the case does and does not mean. It’s...
