Race and Ethnicity
Unemployment and poverty rates in the U.S. have consistently been higher among people of color, while levels of income and wealth among these groups have trailed the general population. EPI’s Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy works to advance policies that ensure racial and ethnic minorities participate fully in the American economy, and benefit equitably from gains in prosperity.
All work on this topic
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Ongoing joblessness
May 21, 2013 | | Report
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Ongoing Joblessness in Michigan: Unemployment rate for African Americans tops in nation, more than double the state’s white rate
May 16, 2013 | | Report
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Ongoing Joblessness in Mississippi: Unemployment rate for African Americans ninth in nation, more than double the state’s white rate
May 16, 2013 | | Report
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Ongoing Joblessness in New Mexico: Unemployment rate for Hispanics far exceeds the state’s white rate
May 16, 2013 | | Report
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Ongoing Joblessness in North Carolina: Unemployment rate for African Americans fourth in nation, more than double the state’s white rate
May 16, 2013 | | Report
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How Good Jobs Policies Can Reduce the Black-White Wealth Divide
March 21, 2013 | | Commentary
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Infrastructure investments and Latino and African American job creation
March 14, 2013 | | Report
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Asian American unemployment highest in Nevada and California; disadvantages in four states
March 5, 2013 | | Blog
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Unemployment rates are projected to remain high for whites, Latinos, and African Americans throughout 2013
February 25, 2013 | | Report
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What we read today
January 14, 2013 | Blog
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Impact of proposed Social Security cut on blacks and Hispanics, take 2
December 21, 2012 | | Blog
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A Social Security cut could lead to higher Latino and black elder poverty
December 19, 2012 | | Blog
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What we read today
December 17, 2012 | Blog
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Race and public housing: Revisiting the federal role
December 17, 2012 | | Commentary
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Latinos lead in insufficient work hours
December 10, 2012 | | Blog
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What we read today
December 7, 2012 | Blog
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The black birth rate converges on the white rate
December 7, 2012 | | Blog
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What we read today
November 21, 2012 | Blog
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Is job creation on Obama’s second-term agenda?
November 9, 2012 | | Blog
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Government has flouted its obligation to affirmatively further fair housing
October 31, 2012 | | Blog
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Transporting black men to good jobs
October 5, 2012 | | Blog
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What we read today
October 2, 2012 | Blog
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Hispanic and single-black-father families see declines in poverty
September 12, 2012 | | Blog
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Key goals of 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom are still unmet
August 28, 2012 | | Blog
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Segregation, the black-white achievement gap, and the Romneys
August 22, 2012 | | Blog
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A different kind of choice: Educational inequality and the continuing significance of racial segregation
August 22, 2012 | | Report
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Infrastructure investments and the Latino jobs recovery
July 24, 2012 | | Commentary
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Black metropolitan unemployment in 2011: Las Vegas’s rate rises significantly
July 2, 2012 | | Report
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Hispanic metropolitan unemployment in 2011: Providence, RI, again tops the list
July 2, 2012 | | Report
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Wealth losses by race and ethnicity
June 20, 2012 | | Blog
