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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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Racial and ethnic income gaps persist amid uneven growth in household incomes
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News from EPI › Income growth slows significantly again in 2018
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What to watch for in the 2018 Census data on earnings, incomes, and poverty
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Wage growth is weak for a tight labor market—and the pace of wage growth is uneven across race and gender
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Black workers endure persistent racial disparities in employment outcomes
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It’s the beginning of the school year and teachers are once again opening up their wallets to buy school supplies
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The road not taken: Housing and criminal justice 50 years after the Kerner Commission report
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Revived debate over school busing highlights deepening racial segregation
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Teachers are always there to help, but now we’re the ones who need a boost
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Class of 2019: High school edition
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State unemployment by race and ethnicity
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Zero Weeks plus Ellen Bravo on the importance of paid family and medical leave
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Why is teaching becoming a less appealing occupation? One answer is right in front of us
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Toxic stress and children’s outcomes: African American children growing up poor are at greater risk of disrupted physiological functioning and depressed academic achievement
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U.S. schools struggle to hire and retain teachers: The second report in ‘The Perfect Storm in the Teacher Labor Market’ series
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Research is vital to the moral integrity of social movements
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Black unemployment is at least twice as high as white unemployment at the national level and in 14 states and the District of Columbia
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The teacher shortage is real, large and growing, and worse than we thought: The first report in ‘The Perfect Storm in the Teacher Labor Market’ series
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Higher returns on education can’t explain growing wage inequality
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A close look at recent increases in the black unemployment rate
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There’s nothing radical about Elizabeth Warren’s proposal for universal childcare
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Stark black–white divide in wages is widening further
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State of Working America Wages 2018: Wage inequality marches on—and is even threatening data reliability
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Black women’s labor market history reveals deep-seated race and gender discrimination
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The Raise the Wage Act of 2019 would give black workers a much-needed boost in pay
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Before the State of the Union, a fact check on black unemployment
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Latina workers have to work 10 months into 2018 to be paid the same as white non-Hispanic men in 2017
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Black unemployment is at least twice as high as white unemployment at the national level and in 12 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 5.0 percent
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Exploring the effects of student absenteeism