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Wealth Gap Costs Blacks $2.7T in Income Over Past Two Decades
America's persistent racial income and wealth gaps are the result of four intertwined factors: housing, education, business ownership and access…
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Why is Fair Housing Still a Distant Journey for Black America?
How much longer must Black America and other people of color wait for fair housing?
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CFPB Gives a Green Light to Predatory Payday Lenders
As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc throughout the country, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently took an ill-advised and untimely…
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Supreme Court Decision Jeopardizes CFPB’s Future and its Independence
A June 29 U.S. Supreme Court split decision represents a major setback to both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and…
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$3 Trillion HEROES Act Promises More COVID-19 Relief for Consumers and Businesses
How swiftly will the upper chamber move on the new COVID-19 plan? And how many Senate amendments will strike at…
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Congress Rejects Reversal of Student Loan Forgiveness Rule
While much of the nation grapples with multiple adjustments attributed to the coronavirus pandemic, a rare bipartisan effort in recent…
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White House Budget Proposal Cuts $5.6B from Education
For consumers, businesses, organizations and governments alike, annual budgets typically reflect not only line items but priorities as well.
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Senate Education Chair Blocks Bipartisan Bill to Extend HBCU Funding
When federal legislation is blocked that would extend and preserve funding for HBCUs, such actions are an affront not only…
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HUD Says Deregulation, Not Affordable Housing, Needed to Solve Homelessness
Despite the availability of homeless and poverty research, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson sent California Gov. Gavin Newsom…
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Debt Collectors Target Consumers of Color, People Making Less than $50K
Government is supposed to be "for the people" — not for corporations.
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