Debunking Myths About Wealth and Race
It’s not individual behavior that drives the racial wealth divide — it’s a system that many folks pretend doesn’t exist.
Racial Equality
U.S. Minimum Wage Would Be $33 If It Had Kept Pace with Wall Street Bonuses
While financial sector workers are enjoying a bonus bonanza, low-wage workers haven’t gotten a raise for nearly a decade.
A Revolutionary Idea to Close the Racial Wealth Divide
“Baby bond” accounts for all American kids would bridge the racial wealth gap while providing security to Americans of every color.
Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide
The deep and persistent racial wealth divide will not close without bold, structural reform.
How Wall Street Drives Gender and Race Pay Gaps
The total 2018 Wall Street bonus pool was $27.5 billion — more than 3 times the combined annual earnings of all U.S. full-time minimum wage workers.
Let’s Honor Rosa Parks by Continuing Her Struggle for Transit Equity
Barriers to public transit access make it harder for people, particularly people of color and the poor, to get to jobs and schools.
Black America’s Vanishing Wealth Is Bad for All Americans
The racial wealth divide gives billionaires more power over all of us. The answer? Reparations.
MLK’s Dream of Economic Justice Is Far From Reality
90 years after King was born, the racial wealth divide is actually growing — which drags down the entire economy.
Dreams Deferred: How Enriching the 1% Widens the Racial Wealth Divide
A new report released by the Institute for Policy Studies highlights how a polarizing racial wealth divide has grown between White households and households of color over the past three decades.