06.21.2020 One Mo’pinion: How Reparations?
Michael R Hicks, Lead Editor, TheLENS We in America love the good parts of our history, we extol the founding
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Socioeconomics
Plantation Capitalism in Louisville, Kentucky (rootcauseresearch.org)
Originally published June 2 at the Root Cause Research Center website, updated June 7. The plantation has always occupied a
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06.17.2020 — One Mo’pinion: The Fact of The Matter, On Breonna & Justice
Michael R Hicks, Lead Editor, TheLENS Most Louisvillians just want to the protesters to stop and be quiet, but not
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As new data shows early signs of economic recovery, black workers are being left out (cnbc.com)
Markets cheered on Friday as new data showed a surprising decline in unemployment, but black workers have little to celebrate. The black
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BET founder Robert Johnson calls for $14 trillion of reparations for slavery (cnbc.com)
Robert Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television, told CNBC on Monday the U.S. government should provide $14 trillion of reparations
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VIRTUAL West Louisville Forum (facebook.com)
President Kevin W. Cosby and Congressman John Yarmuth were the participants for the May 6, 2020 Virtual West Louisville Forum:
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Webinar: Reparations for Black Americans—Whether, why, and how? (Brookings, youtube.com)
On April 27, the Brookings Policy 2020 initiative and the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary policy hosted an online
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