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Biden’s student debt forgiveness won’t close America’s Black wealth gap, but it’s a start
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoSo many student loan borrowers are told early on it's "good debt," particularly low-income borrowers...
‘Tax the rich’ is left’s Medicare fix. But it’s based on this false idea about wealth | Opinion
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMedicare will run out of money in 2028. That is just 5 years away. In response to this impending...
EXCLUSIVE: Pressley and Booker reintroduce baby bonds bill, attempt to close racial wealth gap
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoU.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) are reintroducing legislation that...
New book explores the racial bias in the US tax system
Yahoo Money· 2 years agoAmerica’s progressive tax system is supposed to tax more as your income rises, with people with...
The SAT is a ‘wealth test’—not an intelligence indicator, new data shows
Motherly via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe SAT has become much more than a test, and almost a right of passage for high schoolers...
US Bank executive talks racial wealth gap in Milwaukee, tips for anyone to improve financial...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoFord was in Milwaukee for the 2024 Black Excellence Awards on Friday which honored the success of...
As Biden scrambles to reassure Black, Latino voters, some ask if the wealth gap can be fixed
The Hill via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Biden administration is touting economic programs geared toward minority-owned businesses as...
White Water Welfare: Jackson, Baltimore and the other racial wealth gap
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoOPINION: The water crises plaguing Black communities are less about poverty, infrastructure or...
Is Your Grandmother's Sou-Sou Savings Club the Key to Community Wealth Building?
Parents via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis West African participatory system isn't new but it could be the answer to escaping the...
'We are a broken people': The importance of Black homeownership and why the wealth gap is widening
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoIf Robert York was ever bone tired, he didn’t show it. After working two jobs, the father of 11...