Gender Differences In Unemployment Trends: Race, Jobs And The Economy Update For February 2024
Better understand the February jobs report with this special Women’s History Month edition of NCRC’s Race, Jobs and the Economy series.
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A Strong Black Economy Still Mired In Inequality: Race, Jobs And The Economy Update For January 2024
The Black economy looks to be off to a strong start in the January jobs report — though that trajectory still begins on a launchpad of racial economic inequality.
MLK Would Have Been 95 This Year. Let’s Make His Dream a Reality.
MLK saw substantial economic progress for Black Americans in his lifetime, but in our century progress has slowed to a crawl. Here’s how we get back on track.
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2023 Ends With A Strong Labor Market For Black Workers: Race, Jobs And The Economy Update For December 2023
How is the labor market for Black workers? The December jobs report reveals significant gains for Black workers.
Low Unemployment and Labor Victories Unlikely to Bridge Racial Wealth Inequality
Was the October jobs report good, bad, or just plain complicated?
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STILL A DREAM: Over 500 Years To Black Economic Equality
A new report marks the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington with some sobering news — and some inspiring solutions.
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NCRC Laments Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling That Condemns Black America To Further Neglect
“The end of affirmative action will have repercussions far beyond college campus life,” NCRC President and CEO Jesse Van Tol said of the Supreme Court’s ruling.
Video: Deputy Commerce Secretary Don Graves Shares Personal History, Administration Plans With Just Economy Conference Audience
Graves shared his family’s rich history of overcoming systemic racial injustice and tied his story to key policies of the Biden-Harris administration today.
Why the Great Migration Did Little to Bridge the Great Racial Divide
Prominent individual success stories can create an impression that the Great Migration brought widespread and lasting Black economic liberation. But did it?
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Historic Overhaul Of Lending Equity and Community Reinvestment Act Rules Presents Crucial Opportunity To Heal National Divides
NCRC Applauds Rigorous Work To Overhaul Community Reinvestment Act In Consultation With Stakeholders
African Americans Are Missing Ten Trillion Dollars of Wealth
For African Americans to own a share of the wealth proportionate to their 13% of the population, they’d require another $10 trillion of wealth.
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Moving Communities Out of Racialized Asset Poverty
While there has been a growing widespread discussion concerning economic inequality at the national level, there has been less focus on best practices to address it on the local level.Â
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Small business lending and the racial wealth divide
There is growing recognition that wealth is a central indicator of the economic well-being and stability of households and that such low levels of wealth among blacks and Hispanics are a significant indicator of continuing deep racial economic inequality. Â
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