Recently, it seems that more and more people within and beyond the academy are talking about slavery and capitalism. From universities and colleges like the University of Virginia, compelled to […]
For many Americans, the question–What is a dollar worth?–may seem bizarre, if not redundant. Fluctuating international exchange rates, highly volatile crypto-currencies, counterfeit money, these are all things the average American […]
Today, healthcare workers account for somewhere between 11 and 14% of the overall workforce, replacing manufacturing as the largest category of workers in the United States. Their power, however, pales […]
Many Americans look to education to get ahead. While recent years have witnessed a decline in college enrollment, especially amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, over 17 million students attended institutions […]
Among the multiple crises that continue to plague the United States is the crisis of labor and management, recently having garnered renewed attention due to a series of strikes and […]
The iconic maps, created by the government’s Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) during the New Deal to help assess and guide lending in urban areas, have served as powerful illustrations […]
It is common these days to bemoan the amount of personal information companies like Amazon, Facebook, and other modern telecommunications goliaths collect about us. For many, this invasion of privacy […]
In this episode, Shennette Garrett-Scott explores black financial innovation and its transformative impact on U.S. capitalism through the story of the St. Luke Bank in Richmond, Virginia: the first and […]
This episode takes listeners on a journey to Egypt. Before you go thinking about pyramids and ancient mummies, I should note that we will actually be discussing much more recent […]
The history of globalization is one that has often been told as a story of elites. Foreign investors, eyeing an opportunity in some far-off place, partner with government officials to […]
