Op-Eds
Op-Ed: Investing in Entrepreneurship After the Government Shutdown
Joint Center Senior Fellow Eric Morrissette and former Acting Under Secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce for Minority Business Development penned an op-ed titled “Investing in entrepreneurship after the…
Op-Ed: The Hollowing Out of America’s Only Agency for Minority Business
Authors Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Joint Center President, and Eric Morrissette, Joint Center Senior Fellow penned an op-ed on the recent action to deliberately dismantle the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), the…
Op-Ed: The Universal Service Fund Is Legal — Now Make It Legitimate
Joint Center Technology Director Danielle Davis, Esq., penned an essay for Tech Policy Press on reimagining the Universal Service Fund, urging reforms that stabilize affordability, center equity, and meaningfully include…
Op-Ed: A Cruel and Short-Sighted Attack on Community Investment
Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Joint Center Senior Fellow Eric Morrissette penned an op-ed titled “A Cruel and Short-Sighted Attack on Community Investment.” The piece focuses on the importance…
Black Student Parents Can Thrive with Access to This Critical Federal Program
Former Joint Center Senior Policy Analyst Justin Nalley and Special Assistant Carlton Langford co-authored an op-ed titled “Black Student Parents Can Thrive with Access to This Critical Federal Program.” This…
The Civil Rights Generation, the Great Wealth Transfer and Our Need to Address the Racial Wealth Divide
Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Senior Researcher Dr. LaToya Parker co-authored an essay published in the American Society on Aging’s Generations Now segment. The essay, titled “The Civil Rights…
Is Energy a Part of Civil Rights?
Joint Center Workforce Policy Analyst Dr. Gabrielle Smith Finne and American Association of Blacks in Energy Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Public Policy Camile Moore co-authored an op-ed exploring…
Yes, We Need Jobs. We Need Black Wealth, Too
Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Senior Researcher Dr. Latoya Parker co-authored an op-ed titled “Yes, We Need Jobs. We Need Black Wealth, Too,” that was published in Word in…
Bitcoin ATMs Reprise a Painful History in Finance
Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad co-authored an op-ed with Better Markets President and CEO Dennis Kelleher published in the Financial Times. The op-ed focused on the GENIUS Act and how…
Behind the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’: Wealth for the Few
Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and former Joint Center Intern Jaidyn McKinnie co-authored an op-ed published in Word In Black on the impact of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and…