PBSNews Hour: WATCH: Race Matters — America After George Floyd
One year after the police killing of George Floyd, where does America go from here?
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WebProNews: D.C. AG Launches Antitrust Suit Against Amazon
Washington, D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon for anticompetitive practices and price-fixing.
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Politico: Corporate America got more ‘woke.’ Will it last?
A year after George Floyd’s death, companies are balancing demands for rapid change against complaints from some conservatives about “woke CEOs” wading into political fights.
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WFAA: ‘A billion dollars would get people’s attention’: Support builds for solution to increase lending in minority neighborhoods
The concept was developed in part by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, which advocates for greater reinvestment by banks in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods. The coalition has drafted model legislation that local governments can work from.
The Bay State Banner: Report: Racial wealth gap, discrimination block minority businesses from financing
Matos noted that the National Community Reinvestment Coalition has for years conducted tests where it sends pairs of individuals with identical profiles — one white, one a person of color — to lending institutions. The disparate results have suggested discrimination exists across the board.
FOX West Texas: ‘Diabolical and wrong’: Wells Fargo, other banks finance predatory lenders that can charge over 400% interest in minority communities
Data that Wells Fargo shares with the federal government that was analyzed by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition show the bank makes relatively few loans to low- to moderate-income borrowers in Dallas County.
Landis’s Lease-to-Own Model & Black Homeownership
This brief explores the potential for Landis, a lease-to-own homeownership company, to make homeownership more accessible for African Americans.
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NCRC selects 30 organizations for first round of $5 million grant fund
Supported by Morgan Stanley, the $5 million Field Empowerment Fund provides unrestricted grants to NCRC members to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NCRC applauds the confirmation of Kristen Clarke to Head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice
Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Kristin Clarke as the U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.
Using The Experiences From PPP To Create A More Equitable Lending Landscape For Underserved Entrepreneurs
Just Economy Conference – May 11, 2021 The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was intended to staunch the bleeding of America’s small businesses. But in disbursing PPP loans, the SBA relied on the biggest banks to get money into the hands of their existing customers. The result was that big businesses received more than half
A Reckoning In Boston
Just Economy Conference – May 11, 2021 For filmmaker James Rutenbeck, a project to document students who had experienced homelessness, incarceration or faced barriers to a college education as they engaged in a rigorous night course in the humanities started a journey to partner with those students in an attempt to explain the divide
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Go-Go City: Displacement & Protest in Washington, DC
Just Economy Conference – May 10, 2021 Experience a screening of this new documentary from the Bertelsmann Foundation and filmmaker Sam George. Featuring several NCRC staff, this documentary tracks the ongoing gentrification and displacement of Washingtonians in the midst of the George Floyd protests. Speakers: Samuel George, Documentary Filmmaker, Bertelsmann Foundation Jason Richardson, Director
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Addressing food insecurity for those suffering the most from income inequality – SNAP
Just Economy Conference – May 10, 2021 The pandemic’s impact on employment fell most significantly on business sectors with a disproportionately larger share of low-wage employees. These workers came into the pandemic with fewer resources, and when millions lost work, the scope of hunger skyrocketed across the country. Feeding America estimates that the number
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Equivico By NCRC Presents A Fireside Chat: Small Business Access To Capital And Best Practices For Success
Just Economy Conference – May 11, 2021 Join NCRC’s Chief Capital Markets Officer Eleni Delimpaltadaki Janis from Brooklyn, New York, as she sits down with small business owners and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), one of the world’s leading private, international philanthropic organizations. They will discuss access to capital for underserved entrepreneurs and solutions
Environmental Justice and the Racial Divide: Lack of Oversight of Toxic Sites Located In Communities of Color
This #JustEconomy session discussed the connection between economic security and physical health