New economic solutions for black America.

Yesterday’s policies cratered black entrepreneurism and self-help. They enforced a “disability” model upon public perceptions of the capacities of Black people. Tomorrow’s recovery requires a liberation from victimhood and acknowledgment of capacity and responsibility.

What's Wrong

Fact

Black men earned 6% less in 2016 than they did in 1980.

Source: Brookings' Economic Mobility in America Report (2016)

Fact

1/4 of black Americans live below federal poverty thresholds.

Source: Brookings' Economic Mobility in America Report (2016)

Fact

Median wealth has declined 47% for middle-class black families.

Source: Pew Research Center (2017)

But we can do better. Our scholarship points the way to a more prosperous future.

America needs a CURE.

Report

Reforming Social Security with Personal Retirement Accounts

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Column 02.15.2023

Social Security Reform About Principles, Not Accounting

Per CNN and other media outlets, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ran his first campaign for Congress in 2012, he expressed support for "privatizing" Social Security.

Cure America 06.27.2022

A Guide To Be Financially Sound During an Inevitable Recession

Column 06.07.2023

Disney Works to Destroy the Values That Built Its Company

In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Lawrence v. Texas, found Texas' anti-sodomy law unconstitutional. This is a free country, the Court proclaimed, and individuals can engage in whatever private consensual sexual activity that they wish.

Column 04.26.2023

Biden Sleeps Tight While Nation Drowns in Debt

Whether we're speaking about a nation, or an individual, absence of self-discipline is a sign of weakness. The only words that capture fiscal reality in our country today are "profligate" and "undisciplined."

Press 03.22.2023

CURE Letter to Congress: A Vote to Override on H.J. Res. 30 is a Vote for Sound Investment Decisions

Column 03.15.2023

Silicon Valley Bank -- More Government, Less Reality

Shock waves are rippling through the country after the announcement of the second largest bank failure in the country's history last week — Silicon Valley Bank.

Column 01.25.2023

National Debt Reflects a Nation That Has Lost Its Way

As tensions about raising the nation's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling build, the headline that should be flashing in front of every American is that our country is not working.

Podcast 01.23.2023

Pressing into Government with the Hope of Positive Change

With so much happening in D.C. and in the media, this week on CURE America Jonathan Alexandre is back in the guest host seat with several guests to sort through the noise of the news and find the truth.

The Center for Urban Renewal and Education is a policy and research center that seeks free-market solutions to provide education, employment, healthcare, and the opportunity for black families to grow and their communities to flourish.