What Explains the Racial Wealth Gap?
A new study shows the legacy of racism far outweighs individual financial decisions in driving the growing gap between black and white families. No myth around around our staggering racial...
Racial Equality
Solidarity for Black Workers at Nissan
The lead organizer of a union drive with the predominantly African American workforce at a Mississippi factory is building power through alliances with civil rights, faith, and student activists.
Baldwin and the Racial Wealth Divide
A new film depicts the black-white divide in a tone both historic and timeless, demanding its audience look directly at our nation's sins, both past and present. It’s hard not...
Retirement and the Racial Wealth Gap
African-Americans have saved significantly less for retirement than whites, a disparity that reflects the systemic disadvantages many black wage earners face. Welcome to 2017! President Obama has exited the stage,...
A Tale of Two Unequal Retirements
A new Institute for Policy Studies report reveals a wide divide in retirement assets between top CEOs and average Americans. Chalk that gap up to a set of rules rigged...
Black Wealth in America Hardly Exists
Wealthy NBA, NFL, and rap stars get plenty of attention. But, overall, the actual wealth of African Americans barely registers, hidden behind a decadent veil of black celebrity. By Antonio...
Confederate Symbols and Inequality
Modern-day problems of gentrification and racial inequality play into a debate over what to do with streets and statues that honor the Civil War south.
The Enduring Racial Wealth Divide
New report shows stark history of the racial wealth divide and the public policy, both historical and current, that contributes to it. Originally published by Talk Poverty. The U.S. Constitution...
An Ever-Growing Racial Wealth Gap
Without Change, African-American and Latino Families Won't Match White Wealth for Centuries Racial and economic inequality are the most pressing social issues of our time. In the last decade, we...