The Bloomberg View column about our paper on insurance rates was mentioned in a piece on the website of the Association of Health Care Journalists. In a recent opinion column summarizing research on insurance disparities and the ACA by Algernon Austin at the Center for Global Policy Solutions, Flavelle wrote: “In 2013, the year before […]
BlackPressUSA: Foreclosure Crisis Lingers in the Black Community
The black community has not recovered from the Great Recession and is still dealing with foreclosures. Avis Thomas Lester talks to Senior Research Fellow Algernon Austin about whether we can expect any improvement: The news going forward for Blacks is bleak, according to Algernon Austin, senior research fellow at the Center for Global Policy Solutions […]
The Root: Stop Treating Black People Like a One-Issue Voting Pony
This story quotes Dr. Maya Rockeymoore’s argument that the Democratic presidential-primary debate did not touch on issues important to African Americans: “On the economic front, blacks have been devastated by and have not recovered from the effects of the housing crisis and the Great Recession,” argued Maya Rockeymoore of Global Policy Solutions in a scathing post-debate […]
NewsOne Now: The Black Agenda Was Whitewashed During Sunday’s Democratic Debate
Dr. Rockeymoore spoke with Roland Martin about her critique of the Democratic presidential debate and why it led her to say the Black agenda was “whitewashed” at the Black Caucus debate. Your browser does not support iframes.
Bloomberg View: Obamacare Is Closing Insurance’s Race Gap
Algernon Austin’s paper, “Obamacare Reduces Health Disparities in Health Coverage,” was discussed in a Bloomberg View column. The point of the paper, written by Algernon Austin at the Center for Global Policy Solutions, isn’t just to celebrate those gains, but also to show how much room remains for improvement. One of the biggest obstacles to […]
The Affordable Care Act Eliminated The Black-White Disparity for Children in 2014
People of Color Have Gained Health Insurance Mostly Through Private Market Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2015—Health insurance disparities between black and white children and between Asian Americans and whites were eliminated in 2014 due to the Affordable Care Act, a new analysis from the Center for Global Policy Solutions finds. “Obamacare Reduces Racial Disparities in […]
The Root: How Did These Cities Become the Top 10 Best for Black-Owned Small Businesses?
Charles Ellison looks at cities not usually known for the success of their African American entrepreneurs and talked to Dr. Maya Rockeymoore about the possible source of that success: Of course, don’t rush to broad-brush the South as a black-entrepreneur mountaintop. It just means that a number of demographic, political and economic factors conspire to drive this reality. A […]
Wealthy Radio: Black, Female, and Broke?
Deborah Owens, host of Wealthy Radio on WEAA, talked to Dr. Maya Rockeymoore recently about the lack of wealth in black households, which Rockeymoore wrote about on Forbes.com. African American women have an average of less than two hundred dollars in net worth compared to 15,000 of their white female counterparts. Black women are in crisis. The […]
NewsOne Now: Black, Female, and Broke
Maya Rockeymoore appeared on NewsOne Now with Roland Martin to discuss the opportunity disparities between black and white women, which she wrote about on Forbes.com. When we talk about income inequality — that’s just part of the story, it’s also income and wealth. Wages and wealth. We need to be talking about both. Your browser does […]
Forbes.com: Black, Female, and Broke
Viola Davis’ recent Emmy win for outstanding lead actress in a drama should prompt us to create policies that give all black women a chance at economic success, writes Maya Rockeymoore on Forbes.com: As Viola, Taraji, Mary J., Kerry, Oprah, and other upwardly mobile black women demonstrate, it is possible to live the American Dream if you have determination […]
