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Black women workers are essential during the crisis and for the recovery but still are greatly underpaid
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‘Black women best’: Why putting Black women first may save us from economic disaster
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Inequities exposed: How COVID-19 widened racial inequities in education, health, and the workforce: Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor
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A majority of workers are fearful of coronavirus infections at work, especially Black, Hispanic, and low- and middle-income workers: Those facing risks are not proportionately receiving extra compensation
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An open letter to economic institutions in the face of #BlackLivesMatter: Addressed to our allies in the economics community
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Black deaths at the hands of law enforcement are linked to historical lynchings: U.S. counties where lynchings were more prevalent from 1877 to 1950 have more officer-involved killings
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Black workers face two of the most lethal preexisting conditions for coronavirus—racism and economic inequality
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Criminalization of black and brown communities in the Midwest adds to public health crisis during COVID-19 pandemic
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Domestic workers chartbook: A comprehensive look at the demographics, wages, benefits, and poverty rates of the professionals who care for our family members and clean our homes
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Access to online learning amid coronavirus is far from universal, and children who are poor suffer from a digital divide
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The coronavirus will explode achievement gaps in education
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Do black economists matter?: The media erasure of black economic voices hurts the hardest-hit communities by the pandemic and society at large
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Domestic workers are at risk during the coronavirus crisis: Data show most domestic workers are black, Hispanic, or Asian women
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Wisconsin’s election during this pandemic shows that limiting voting options is the new form of voter suppression
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Exposed and underpaid: Women still make less than men, including in sectors especially affected by the coronavirus
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Lynchings a century ago affect black voting behavior today
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Contemporary Social Issues & the African American Experience: PREE Workshop 6
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Black-white wage gaps are worse today than in 2000
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News from EPI › Media advisory: EPI to host roundtable on policy priorities for black workers during the 2020 presidential race
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Schools are still segregated, and black children are paying a price
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The Trump administration’s new housing rules will worsen segregation
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This MLK Day, remember Emmett Till and voter suppression
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College athletes and Ph.D. students both work for the university, but only one earns a salary
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Racialized women’s unrecognized community work uplifts everyone
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America’s debtor prison must be stopped, with Damion Shade
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Native Americans too often left out of economic debate, with Patrice Kunesh
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I want to see myself in the data, with Rhonda Sharpe
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Latina workers have to work nearly 11 months into 2019 to be paid the same as white non-Hispanic men in 2018
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State unemployment by race and ethnicity
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America’s Racist Economy