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USA Today, March 24, 2021, ‘Inequality still exists’: Congresswoman to hold hearing on pay gap on Equal Pay Day In 2021, pay disparities and discrimination still exist between men and women, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., wants people to know that Equal Pay Day is not one of celebration. “This day marks the extra time it takes […]

NPR, March 22, 2021, With Stronger Democratic Support, D.C. Statehood Fight Returns To Capitol Hill Thirty years after Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton first introduced a bill for Washington, D.C., statehood, she returns to Capitol Hill to do it again — this time with the broadest support for the cause to date. “We’ve gotten off of

The New York Times, March 20, 2021, Opinion: Your Home’s Value Is Based on Racism John, who is Black, and his wife, who is Japanese American, purchased a family home in a suburb of Atlanta in 2004. When he was interviewed for my book, John — who asked to be identified only by his first

NPR, March 19, 2021, Men’s And Women’s NCAA March Madness Facilities, Separate And Unequal, Spark Uproar On Thursday, Stanford University sports performance coach Ali Kershner posted a photo comparing the weight room set-up for the NCAA women’s and men’s basketball tournaments. While the set-up for the men’s teams included a number of power racks with Olympic

Next City, March 16, 2021, It’s Been a Rough Year for Small Businesses, But Not as Rough as Feared Jessie Lee is managing director at Renaissance Economic Development Corporation, the small business lending arm of Asian Americans for Equality, a nonprofit founded in 1974 that serves 20,000 New Yorkers a year, speaking English, Korean, Spanish

The move by Jesuit priests is the largest such effort by the Roman Catholic Church and comes amid growing calls for reparations across the United States.

Bloomberg, March 15, 2021, Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Face Far Higher Flood Risks Flooding is a rising threat across the U.S., with homeowners facing as much as $19 billion in damages every year. What puts a neighborhood at high risk for flooding? Geography is key, but new data reveal another factor that can be determinative, too: race.

For many young people, returning to struggling communities means exchanging prosperity for a more rooted life.

Axios, March 10,2021, Goldman puts $10 billion behind fight to equalize “Black Womenomics” Goldman Sachs is embarking on a decade-long quest to inject $10 billion into projects that it says will impact one million Black women. Why it matters: It’s the biggest dedicated investment specifically to initiatives that target Black women by a major financial

Flawed assessments for America’s $500 billion in annual property taxes hit Black neighborhoods hardest.

Regional inequality has deepened across the country.

McKinsey & Company, February 17, 2021, America 2021: The opportunity to advance racial equity Repairing the frayed social fabric in the United States is one of the most pressing issues of our time. It’s not a new problem. But if we do not address the underlying issues preventing us from achieving equitable growth and inclusion, the

The American Prospect, March 4, 2021, The ‘Progressive Multiplier’: How Democrats Can Defeat Trumpism How can Democrats in Washington address the multiple crises facing our nation while also confronting an increasingly radical—and often explicitly anti-democratic—opposition party? Political strategists perhaps inevitably focus on how to change the hearts and minds of millions of devoted Trump supporters.

A proposal would withhold the funding unless the transit agency renames the McLean station to include “Capital One Hall.”

Anti-Black racism and energy insecurity go hand in hand in America