Stories Tagged as
Racial discrimination
Black entrepreneurship's role in closing the racial wealth gap
Jun 19, 2024
Kezia Williams, CEO of the Black upStart, on how Black-owned businesses can bridge a wealth divide rooted in discrimination.
How the video game Dot's Home was adapted for the stage
by
David Brancaccio
and Erika Soderstrom
Mar 19, 2024
"Dot's Home Live" has been performed in Detroit in an effort to share the game's housing rights story with the community.
The racial wealth gap, 60 years since the Civil Rights Act
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Mar 1, 2024
A new report from the National Urban League highlights progress, but also underscores how elusive economic equality is.
A tech company pledged to make "anti-racist" layoffs. What does that mean?
Sep 19, 2022
Communication platform Twilio told employees job cuts would be carried out through an "anti-racist/anti-oppression lens," to avoid disproportionately affecting marginalized groups. Statistics show downsizing often makes workplaces less diverse.
New research shows racial discrimination in hiring is still happening at the earliest stages
by
David Brancaccio
, Rose Conlon
and Daniel Shin
Aug 3, 2021
Evan Rose, co-author and Saieh Family Research Fellow at the University of Chicago, discusses how discrimination based on job applicant name is still pervasive
Why the words of America’s first Black economist resonate today
by
Kimberly Adams
and Maria Hollenhorst
Jun 28, 2021
“She was prescient in many ways,” says Nina Banks, editor of a new book on the speeches and writing of Sadie T. M. Alexander.
Researchers work to diversify clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine
Nov 10, 2020
Researchers say they must overcome deep mistrust of medical research in the Black, Latinx and Native American communities in recruiting volunteers for vaccine testing.
For public good, not for profit.
JPMorgan Chase promises $30 billion to address racial wealth gap
by
David Brancaccio
, Nova Safo
and Alex Schroeder
Oct 8, 2020
Some of the initiative is philanthropic, but most of it is lending with an expected return for the bank.
The history of Black stunt people's fight for equal opportunity in Hollywood
Jun 10, 2020
You can trace it back to the 1960s and the advent of the Black Stuntmen's Association.
Inequality by design: How redlining continues to shape our economy
by
Amy Scott
Apr 16, 2020
A traveling exhibit connects the racist housing policies of the past to the inequities of today.