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Posts Tagged ‘Economic inequality’

Americans are taught FDR was the hero of the Great Depression. For one historian, that’s erasure

January 5, 2025

A new book about the Great Depression shows the important role Black workers and communities played that has often been lost to history.

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‘Our City Is Always Hurting’: Black New Orleans Residents Grapple With Inequity

January 3, 2025

While the nation has recently turned its attention to New Orleans, the city’s longstanding issues will persist after the spotlight leaves.

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Justice Department says Mississippi Senate paid a Black attorney less than her white colleagues for years

November 8, 2024

A current lawsuit alleges that a staff attorney of the state was paid less than her white peers and didn’t receive increases like them.

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How many Black farmers are there in the US? Why we doubt the government stats

August 29, 2024

The USDA’s agricultural census appears to paint a more positive picture of Black farm ownership than exists in reality.

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The Tulsa race massacre affected the ‘economic freedom’ of generations

July 10, 2024
Greenwood massacre

While the Tulsa Race Massacre permanently reshaped lives, families, and communities, the Supreme Court ruled reparations were not necessary.

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Federal appeals court blocks Fearless Fund from issuing grants to only Black women

June 3, 2024
Fearless Fund co-founders Arian Simone

A group of unnamed petitioners who declared that their ineligibility for the Fearless Fund was discriminatory and harmful.

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A $1 million wealth gap now divides white families from Black and Hispanic ones, research shows

April 25, 2024
Average Family Wealth, by Race and Ethnicity, 1963–2022

There is a longstanding and stark wealth gap between American families of different races according to research.

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Climate change driving demand for predatory loans, research shows

April 15, 2024
Payday loans

Pew released information about how Americans are targeted by predatory payday loan businesses during hot and cold seasons.

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Buttigieg visits predominantly Black Alabama community following ABC News investigation about neighborhood flooding

April 12, 2024
Pete Buttigieg

One Black neighborhood in Alabama had a chance to speak to the Secretary of Transportation about a highway that has disrupted lives.

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High Rates of Suicide Among Young Black Men In Rural Areas: Study Reveals Systemic Failure

April 2, 2024

A new study, conducted by the University of Georgia researchers, finds young Black men in rural areas are dying by suicide at alarming rates. The study showed the suicides and suicidal ideations in this population are linked to growing up in low-resource environments and experiencing racial discrimination throughout adolescence.

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ABHM builds public awareness of the harmful legacies of slavery and Jim Crow in America and promotes racial repair, reconciliation, and healing. 

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