Imara Jones is New York-based blogger who writes about economic justice, among other issues, for Colorlines. His site caffeineator.com offers incisive commentary about our disruptive world and what comes next, and he serves as editor of www.slaveryblog.org, an online information resource on the transatlantic slave trade and Afro-Atlantic world.
Imara is also the creator and co-host of caffeinetv, an online television show currently in development. Prior to caffeinetv, Imara held posts at Viacom—where his work garnered two EMMY Awards and a Peabody—as well as in the Clinton White House.
In 2006, Imara was identified by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader; he holds a masters degree in economic from the London School of Economics. Fluent in Portuguese, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil is Imara’s second home. Follow him on Twitter @imarajones.
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The Fed’s Bombshell: Our Economy’s Dead Until Congress Creates Jobs
by Imara Jones on August 12 2011, 9:37AM
After months of debate over the nation’s debt, the central bank’s unprecedented interest rates announcement this week was entirely about the jobs crisis. The subtext was clear: politics, not economics stand in the way of recovery.
Topics: Debt Deal, Economy, Jobs Crisis
The U.S. Doesn’t Have a Debt Problem. It Has a Crisis of Values.
by Imara Jones on August 3 2011, 10:15AM
The debt deal is an extension of the grand bargain Washington’s leaders made with Wall Street nearly four years ago: to save the wealthy at the expense of everyone else. The U.S. doesn’t have a debt problem; it has a values problem.
A Food Crisis Is Coming, But Urban America Already Has It Solved
by Imara Jones on February 16 2011, 11:07AM
Urban farms grew out of crisis in black and brown neighborhoods. Now they’re an innovation all of America desperately needs.
Topics: Environment, How We Eat
How To Create Crisis: Build An Economy on the Greed of the Rich
by Imara Jones on February 11 2011, 10:18AM
Instability always follows inequality. The technocrats know it, but our leaders still don’t care.
Topics: Economy, Jobs Crisis, Wealth Gap
Happy Days Are Here Again—As Long As You Ignore the Jobs Crisis
by Imara Jones on January 31 2011, 11:00AM
The economy’s growing, Wall Street’s rallying, and the administration says no new recession. None of that is real, says Imara Jones.
Topics: Economy, Jobs Crisis
Mapping America’s Brutal Past, and Humanity’s Capacity for Revolt
by Imara Jones on January 19 2011, 10:12AM
An 1860 census of the American South reveals much more than the region’s demography.
Topics: History
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