Posts Tagged ‘Economic inequality’
Trauma Prevention Is Crime Prevention
Addressing inequalities in health, income, education, and housing that can lead to trauma may be key to reducing crime.
Read MoreIn Trump’s War on Federal Workers, Black Families Pay the Price
The government has often been the first to strive for more diversity. Without such policies, Black workers and their families face uncertainty.
Read MoreThe death of 2 homeless children in frigid Detroit raises questions about a flawed system in peril
The family was living in their van after the mother never heard back after reaching out for help when they became homeless.
Read MoreTour highlights race-based poverty and inequity across Mississippi Delta region
The regions unique history and geography have resulted in unique economic disparities for Black residents.
Read MoreAmericans are taught FDR was the hero of the Great Depression. For one historian, that’s erasure
A new book about the Great Depression shows the important role Black workers and communities played that has often been lost to history.
Read More‘Our City Is Always Hurting’: Black New Orleans Residents Grapple With Inequity
While the nation has recently turned its attention to New Orleans, the city’s longstanding issues will persist after the spotlight leaves.
Read MoreJustice Department says Mississippi Senate paid a Black attorney less than her white colleagues for years
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.
Read MoreHow many Black farmers are there in the US? Why we doubt the government stats
The USDA’s agricultural census appears to paint a more positive picture of Black farm ownership than exists in reality.
Read MoreThe Tulsa race massacre affected the ‘economic freedom’ of generations
While the Tulsa Race Massacre permanently reshaped lives, families, and communities, the Supreme Court ruled reparations were not necessary.
Read MoreFederal appeals court blocks Fearless Fund from issuing grants to only Black women
A group of unnamed petitioners who declared that their ineligibility for the Fearless Fund was discriminatory and harmful.
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