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People of color will be a majority of the American working class in 2032: What this means for the effort to grow wages and reduce inequality
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State unemployment rates by race and ethnicity at the end of 2015 show a plodding recovery
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The Making of Ferguson: Public Policies at the Root of its Troubles
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From Ferguson to Baltimore: The Fruits of Government-Sponsored Segregation
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Fisher II—Could a Surprise be in Store?
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Poverty persists 50 years after the Poor People’s Campaign: Black poverty rates are more than twice as high as white poverty rates
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In 14 states and DC, the African American unemployment rate is at least twice the white unemployment rate: The highest African American unemployment rate is in the District of Columbia at 12.9 percent, while the highest white unemployment rate is in West Virginia at 5.2 percent
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Class of 2018: College edition
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Valerie Wilson on the Economic Inequality Gap for African Americans
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Environmental Racism
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Many of the policy recommendations from the Kerner Commission remain relevant 50 years later
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The State of American Wages 2017: Wages have finally recovered from the blow of the Great Recession but are still growing too slowly and unequally
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50 years after the riots: Continued economic inequality for African Americans
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50 years after the Kerner Commission: African Americans are better off in many ways but are still disadvantaged by racial inequality
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Working harder or finding it harder to work: Demographic trends in annual work hours show an increasingly fractured workforce
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African American and Hispanic unemployment rates are higher than white unemployment rates in every state at the end of 2017
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Fighting for public sector union rights 50 years after MLK’s assassination
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Racial inequalities in wages, income, and wealth show that MLK’s work remains unfinished
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Unemployment of black and Hispanic workers remains high relative to white workers: In 16 states and the District of Columbia, the African American unemployment rate is at least twice the rate of white unemployment
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The distribution of TCJA cuts, as well as the burden of financing them, by income group and race
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Fixing education inequalities will require fixing broader societal inequities
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Education inequalities at the school starting gate: Gaps, trends, and strategies to address them
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Reducing and averting achievement gaps: Key findings from the report ‘Education inequalities at the school starting gate’ and comprehensive strategies to mitigate early skills gaps
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One-third of Native American and African American children are (still) in poverty
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2016 ACS shows stubbornly high Native American poverty and different degrees of economic well-being for Asian ethnic groups
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Little to no gain in median annual earnings in the 2000s, while significant wage gaps remain
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New census data show strong 2016 earnings growth across-the-board, with black and Hispanic workers seeing the fastest growth for second consecutive year
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Repeal of pay transparency rule will make it easier to discriminate against women and people of color
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African American and Hispanic unemployment continue to fall but remain higher than white unemployment in nearly every state: The highest African American state unemployment rate (9.7 percent in Louisiana) is almost twice as high as the highest white state unemployment rate (5.0 percent in New Mexico)
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Is poverty a mindset?
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Black women have to work 7 months into 2017 to be paid the same as white men in 2016
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Young workers face a tougher labor market even as the economy inches towards full employment