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JPMorgan Chase promises $30 billion to address racial wealth gap
by
David Brancaccio
, Nova Safo
and Alex Schroeder
Oct 8, 2020
Some of the initiative is philanthropic, but most of it is lending with an expected return for the bank.
"I like to think that it's traditional art — it's just the Black representation of that"
by
Alli Fam
Oct 7, 2020
Atlanta-based Black tattoo artist Debbi Snax is breaking stereotypes.
Why are so few Black women married in America?
Oct 6, 2020
In this book excerpt, Dianne Stewart writes about the costs facing Black women with incarcerated partners.
Some colleges and universities look to re-up their commitment to Black studies
Oct 2, 2020
Schools around the country are offering grants for research projects on anti-Black racism. And some are committing to hire more professors with expertise in the study of race.
"It's night and day from where it was at the beginning of COVID" for one Black-owned business
by
Andie Corban
Sep 30, 2020
Nearly four months after a list of Black-owned businesses in Utah was published, Rita Magalde's bakery is booming with new customers.
Atlanta Fed President Bostic on our "less-than economy"
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Bennett Purser
Sep 28, 2020
While Amazon and Home Depot are doing well, small businesses are not. "There really is a split going on, and disparities are getting wider," he says.
This professional climbing coach wants to see her industry change
Sep 23, 2020
Climbing changed Emily Taylor’s life. Now she’s trying to change climbing.
For public good, not for profit.
U.S. suffered $16 trillion loss over 20 years due to racism new Citigroup study finds
by
David Brancaccio
, Nova Safo
and Alex Schroeder
Sep 23, 2020
The biggest factor is entrepreneurship, where inequities resulted in a $13 trillion loss.
In Chicago, COVID-19 takes a toll in Black and Latinx neighborhoods
Sep 21, 2020
Family members of one Black 32-year-old woman who died say they are concerned about the lack of communication from the hospital before her death.
How Black Americans have been blocked from voting throughout U.S. history
by
Reema Khrais
, Hayley Hershman
and Beth Pearlman
Sep 21, 2020
A conversation with Gilda R. Daniels, author of “Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America.”