Policy to Pocket

Who Owns the Corner Store? The Economics Behind a Question Black Neighborhoods Still Face

The Rick Chow verdict revives a larger question about Black-owned corner stores, neighborhood retail power, community accountability and who captures…

3 months ago

The Karmelo Anthony Case Became an Attention Economy

The Karmelo Anthony case became more than a courtroom story. It became an economy of fundraising, media traffic and digital…

3 months ago

AI Policy Is Becoming Economic Policy. This Framework Shows Why Data, Labor, and Ownership Matter

Alex Bores’ AI framework raises deeper questions about data ownership, worker protection, infrastructure costs, and who gets a real stake…

3 months ago

Why Public Decisions Still Shape Black Wealth

Black wealth is often discussed as personal finance, but housing, schools, contracts, credit, infrastructure, and labor markets are still shaped…

3 months ago

The Black Church and the Digital Economy

The Black Church has long been a center of faith, organizing, education, mutual aid, and economic survival. In the AI…

3 months ago

AI and the Future of Black Work: What Gets Automated, Who Benefits, Who Pays

AI is not coming for work all at once. It is entering through chatbots, agents, scheduling systems, resume screeners, dashboards,…

3 months ago

Come for the Culture. Stay for the Economics Behind It.

Black culture is never just culture. It moves markets, creates value, shapes media, drives platforms, influences policy, and powers business.…

3 months ago

Alabama Redistricting Fight Shows How Political Maps Shape Black Economic Power

The Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use a congressional map that reduces majority-Black representation. The deeper issue is who controls…

3 months ago

From Harlem to Compton, the Real Gentrification Question Is Ownership

A 13-year-old Harlem video asked, “Where’s the money going?” Today, the same question applies in Bed-Stuy, Compton, South Side Chicago,…

3 months ago

No Representation, No Revenue: The Economics Behind the NAACP’s Call for Black Athletes to Boycott SEC-State Schools

The NAACP’s “Out of Bounds” campaign turns college sports into an economic pressure point, asking Black athletes, fans, alumni, and…

3 months ago

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