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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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Environmental Racism
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Many of the policy recommendations from the Kerner Commission remain relevant 50 years later
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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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Despite overall unemployment under 4 percent, black unemployment exceeds 6 percent in 14 states and D.C.: The highest African American unemployment rate is in the District of Columbia at 12.4 percent, while the highest white unemployment rate is in West Virginia at 5.1 percent
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Separate is still unequal: How patterns of occupational segregation impact pay for black women
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Workers of color are far more likely to be paid poverty-level wages than white workers
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Class of 2018: High school edition
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The erosion of the federal minimum wage has increased poverty, especially for black and Hispanic families
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The rise in child poverty reveals racial inequality, more than a failed War on Poverty
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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