Racial Equality

When President Trump equated white supremacists with anti-racism protesters, he was sending a message to the thugs in the streets and to some in executive suites.

Enrollment rates are still higher for whites than blacks or Latinos. Now is the worst time to roll back affirmative action.

Many lenders trick customers into signing contracts that forbid them from joining class action lawsuits over financial fraud. Republicans want to keep it that way.

A tax on concentrated wealth would have a positive impact on the economy for everyone.

Even over 150 years after slavery, black families still lag centuries behind whites in household wealth.

A new film documents the struggle of black families to gain — and retain — middle class status in the face of a deep-seated systemic racism. Hollywood typically depicts America’s...

A provocative speech implores mainstream economists to recognize the need for a new approach to understanding rising economic inequality. Economists need to stop pretending what they do rates as a...

New Wall Street bonus numbers reveal how these payouts have far outpaced the rise in the federal minimum wage — and how this in turn has contributed to race and...

The rapid expansion of the Wall Street bonus pool over the past few decades has contributed to race and gender inequality.  Wall Street banks handed out $23.9 billion in bonuses...