Recommendations start “with those folks who are clearly descendants of 250 years of wage theft in this country,” says Sen. Steven Bradford.

After a state task force issued a nearly 1,100-page report in 2023, lawmakers are starting to look at reparations policy options.

It’s called the Dream Exchange and it plans to offer access to the capital markets for small and mid-cap companies.

Higher mortgage rates could disproportionately hurt Black homebuyers.

Ivy Onyeador of Northwestern University discusses why Americans overestimate the progress we’ve made toward economic equality.

In her new book, journalist Emily Flitter looks at how Wall Street giants have kept Black Americans out of the financial industry.

For millions of Americans, the loss of abortion rights may affect educational attainment and lifetime earnings for generations.

Federal regulators propose new rules for the Community Reinvestment Act, which requires banks to invest in low- and moderate-income communities.

Sociologist Junia Howell shares her research on how appraisals contribute to inequality between Black and white homeowners.

Lower home appraisal values contribute to the wealth gap between white communities and communities of Black and Latinx people.