While Professing BLM Support, Wall Street Banks Reject Racial Equity Audits
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is urging shareholders to vote against a proposed review of the impact of bank policies and practices on racial inequality.
Racial Equality
Sales Taxes Widen the Racial Wealth Divide. States and Cities Have Far Better Options.
Local wealth taxes and income taxes on corporations and the rich would advance racial equity.
How Biden Can Spread the Benefits of Trade to Black Workers
U.S. trade policy has enriched corporate elites while leaving workers, particularly Black and Latino workers, behind.
Financial Reserves and the Racial Wealth Gap
Black and Latino households have less to fall back on when the times get tough.
Black Families Have a Major Stake in the Future of the Postal Service
USPS is a vital source of decent jobs for Black workers. It could also narrow the racial wealth divide by expanding financial services.
Five Painful Charts on Covid and Black America
This Black History Month, hard data reveal how the pandemic has widened racial divides.
Ending the Subminimum Tipped Wage Is a Step Towards Building Black Worker Power
A leading Black worker advocate calls on policymakers to understand that what benefits Black workers, benefits us all.
A California Cooperative Tackles Inequality by Reimagining the Future of Housing
By working towards creating 'land without landlords,' this East Bay cooperative is helping communities build pathways to collective property ownership and community wealth.
Wall Street Money, Racism, and the Politics of Anti-Democracy
While the backpedaling is now in full swing, big financial firms have long supported a virulently anti-democratic strain in American politics that always takes aim at people of color.