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Race and Economy

The pipeline problem for Black women in economics

by Andie Corban and Kai Ryssdal
Jul 1, 2020
Kai Ryssdal talks with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, CEO of the Sadie Collective.
Graduates of Spelman College in Georgia, a historically Black women's college, attend commencement ceremonies in 2002.
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Equal Pay Day for black women marks a persistent wage gap

by Ben Bradford
Aug 23, 2019
For Latina women, the gap is even wider—it won’t be equal pay day until around Thanksgiving.
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Making a video game about your life

by Sean McHenry
Mar 7, 2019
Catt Small's newest game puts the player in very familiar shoes — her own.
For Catt Small, creator of the game "Sweetheart," game development is about "trying to understand ways to communicate what it means to be a person to other people." 
Courtesy of Catt Small
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Conference of African-American women offers platform for exercising economic and political power

by Elly Yu
Feb 21, 2018
Black women own about 1.5 million businesses in the U.S. At an Atlanta gathering, they set an agenda for making their voices heard.
Labriah Lee Holt stands inside her blow-dry salon, which she plans to open in May. She'd like to see more support for women entrepreneurs of color.
Elly Yu
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Why there still aren't a lot of black women executives

by David Brancaccio
Oct 11, 2017
"It's hard if you're a white woman. It is triple time harder for African-American women and other women of color, too."
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