Britain Comes Clean on Slave Fortunes
One hundred eighty years after abolishing slavery, the United Kingdom is coming clean about fortunes founded on slave ownership and the slave trade. While it took a bloody civil war...
Racial Equality
Our Residential Future: Segregation Forever?
Rising inequality, newly released data make plain, has left America's metro areas — and neighborhoods — considerably less mixed by income. Are the rich about to bid the rest of...
After the election, the “R” word: Reparations
Just before the election, the satirical web site The Onion ran a fake article that was purportedly written by Barack Obama. In it, the president supposedly promised to seek payments...
Poverty More than a Matter of Black and White
Far too many Americans still see poverty and poor people through a racial prism that distorts demographic realities — and undermines efforts to narrow income inequality.
Mr. President, the Elephant in the Room Is Not a Republican
The recession has been hard on everyone. Tens of millions of people lost their jobs. Many of those who didn't lose their jobs suffered salary cuts. Retirement savings and home...
New York, New York, A Most Unequal Town
New data has solidified New York's standing as the most unequal major city in the world's most unequal developed nation. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on super-sized sodas...
Gun-Toting Vigilante Lunatics versus Tree-Hugging Bleeding Hearts
This election season is full of laments about how polarized American politics has become. Extreme right-wing Republicans claim they can't see eye to eye with extreme left-wing Democrats. Politicians are...
A Financial Nest-Egg for Every American Baby?
In 2030, the majority of U.S. residents under 18 will be people of color. If current household wealth trends continue, the majority of America’s young people will be growing up...
The Racial Wealth Gap’s Great Recession Surge
New Census survey stats show a substantial widening in the net worth gap between and within white, black, and Hispanic America. Has the Great Recession been an equal opportunity destroyer?...