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Recovery from job loss: Easier for whites than blacks
Apr 3, 2013
A new study from Pew on economic mobility examines how unemployment affects black and white families differently.
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Wealth gap grows between black and white in U.S.
Feb 27, 2013
The racial wealth gap in the United States has tripled in the past 25 years.
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MLK's old neighborhood seeks economic comeback
Jan 21, 2013
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s old Atlanta neighborhood, Sweet Auburn, was once one of the more prosperous African-American neighborhoods, but it has since fallen on hard times. Now it is trying to make a comeback.
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African-American youth seeing more alcohol ads
Sep 27, 2012
A new study finds African-Americans aged 12-20 are exposed to more alcohol advertising than American young people in general
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PAC tries to tap African-American Greek network
Sep 10, 2012
A new political action committee is trying to bring alumni of the nine oldest black fraternities and sororities -- known as the Divine Nine -- into the fundraising game.
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Cigar smoking among black high schoolers on the rise
Aug 10, 2012
American teens are smoking cigarettes less these days. But the number of black high school students who smoke cigars has nearly doubled in recent years.
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New Orleans' other 'million dollar neighborhood'
Jul 25, 2012
High rates of imprisonment are a cause -- and effect -- of poverty.
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BET CEO Debra Lee on television for a black audience
Jul 9, 2012
The CEO and president of BET Networks discusses television programming for African Americans, and the role of the network in today's media sphere.
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Unemployment for Hispanics, African Americans remains high
Jul 3, 2012
A new study shows that the jobless rate for African Americans and Hispanics isn't budging despite a modest recovery in other parts of the economy.
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Economic mobility in South L.A., two decades later
Apr 26, 2012
Twenty years after the L.A. riots, many residents who move up the economic ladder move out of South L.A.
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