economic disparity
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America’s Economy Must Better Serve Black, Latino Consumers
By 2044, the nation will be a majority-minority nation. To put it another way, the profits of major financial institutions…
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BONEY: Time for Blacks to Pull the Trigger on Politics
It is no secret that a significant amount of money flows through the hands of Black people annually, but what…
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Black Workers Lag Behind Whites in the Energy Sector
Energy jobs are growing faster than the national average and energy-related sectors are less diverse than the national workforce, according…
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ASCH/MUSGROVE: The Origins of ‘East of the River’
Last year, Ward 7 Councilman Vincent Gray embarked on an ill-fated attempt to rebrand the neighborhoods east of the Anacostia…
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JESSE JACKSON: Tax Cut Will Widen the Racial Wage Gap
President Donald Trump keeps boasting about the low black unemployment rate, although African Americans still suffer nearly twice the unemployment…
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Drought Frames Economic Divide of Californians
Adam Nagourney and Jack Healy, THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPTON, Calif. (The New York Times) — Alysia Thomas, a stay-at-home…
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Study: College Completion Gap Between Rich, Poor Widens
CHRISTINE ARMARIO, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The gap in bachelor-degree attainment between the nation’s richest and poorest students…
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Income Inequality Rises In all 50 States
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Income inequality is rising and it affects workers in…
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Poor Communities Lose Billions to Predatory Lenders
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Predatory lenders continue to target poor, Black and Latino…
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