racial wealth gap

June 28, 2025

‘This Isn’t Just About Policy, It’s About What Kind of Nation We Want To Be’: CounterSpin Interview With LaToya Parker on Trump Budget’s Racial Impact

Janine Jackson FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

The Budget is a moral document that reveals our nation’s priorities. What stands out is a reverse wealth transfer. The ultra-wealthy get billions in tax breaks, while Black families lose the programs that have provided pathways to the middle-class.

June 26, 2022

Canceling Student Debt Should Be a Universal Benefit

Ann Larson The Nation

The lesson from the Corinthian debt strikers: Should President Biden cancel student loan debt, it should be done without making debtors jump through hoops.

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March 15, 2022

Public Sector’s Slower Job Recovery Is Hurting Black Employment

Ella Vincent Yahoo

The reduction in government jobs during the pandemic continues a long-term trend in the public sector, according to experts, and could lead to the widening of the racial wealth gap in the country if left unaddressed.

April 19, 2019

Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Chuck Collins, Darrick Hamilton, Josh Hoxie Inequality.org

The deep and persistent racial wealth gap will not close without bold, structural reform

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October 23, 2018

Racial Wealth Gap Much Smaller Among Union Members

Christian Weller Forbes

Persistently large wealth inequality leaves many African-Americans--as well as Latinos and some parts of the Asian-American communities--in a very precarious economic situation and poorly prepared for retirement.

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