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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Local Lender Looks to Help Small North St. Louis Businesses

In a recent study, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition sent testers to inquire about small business loans at 60 bank branches in the Los Angeles area. The testers had nearly identical business profiles, with higher qualifications for the black and Hispanic testers. Yet white testers received more loan information, and friendlier customer service.

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Capital Gazette: Lawyers: Annapolis Inaction On Public Housing Conditions Defies ‘Basic Human Decency’

In the letter, Sarro praised the city for the resolution but said little has been done since to address the conditions in some of the housing units, including mold, pest infestation and lack of air conditioning, among other issues.

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CounterPunch: The Racial Wealth Divide Hurts the Entire Middle Class

Americans are more aware than ever that America has a race problem — and, more specifically, a racial wealth divide problem. As researchers from the Institute for Policy Studies and I found earlier this year, median white families are 41 times wealthier than median Black families in the United States.

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