Racial Wealth Gap
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America’s Racial Wealth Gap Could Cost Economy $1.5 Trillion
America’s nagging racial wealth gap has been the focus of many research reports and economic policy debates. Now new research…
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Fight for Equal Pay, Gender Parity Heats Up
Despite the United States touting itself as the bastion of freedom and equality, women in this country — despite comprising…
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JESSE JACKSON: Separate and Impoverished
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic candidate for president, shocked people when he noted that 51 percent of African-Americans aged 17…
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BUSINESS EXCHANGE: Paying Reparations for Whom?
Under the pretext of “We must look out for each other and exemplify the values expressed in the adage ‘I…
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Racial Wealth Gap Persists Despite Degree, Study Says
Patricia Cohen, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Even with tuition shooting up, the payoff from a…
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Let’s Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap By Using an Alternative Scoring Model
Wealth offers security and privilege that can last for generations. For minority households striving to achieve the American Dream, homeownership…
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How the ‘Black Tax’ Destroyed African-American Homeownership in Chicago
Kriston Capps, CITY LAB CHICAGO (The Atlantic’s City Lab) — The best time to steal someone’s home is…
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Maxine Waters Works to Shrink Wealth Gap
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist One of leading freedom fighters in the United States Congress is none…
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Blackonomics: 50 Years of Economic Futility
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist During the 50-year period from 1963 (“I have a dream!”) to 2013, Black…
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Is Black America Better Off Under Obama?
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist “Like the rest of America, Black America, in the aggregate, is better off…
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