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Racial disparity
The tipped minimum wage has origins in slavery
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Erika Soderstrom
Sep 19, 2023
And that legacy means a worker can be paid as little as $2.13 an hour at the federal level.
The struggle to treat kids at a juvenile justice facility
by
Alisa Roth
Dec 8, 2021
Conditions at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake in Wisconsin were so bad that now, a federally appointed monitor oversees the facilities. As the number of kids there has declined, costs have gone up.
Regulators look at how "big data" may contribute to racial bias in insurance rates
Nov 30, 2021
Some advocates say the industry needs to move more quickly to address the issue.
What will it take to get more Black and Latinx workers in manufacturing jobs?
Aug 26, 2021
Manufacturers complain they can't find skilled workers, even as they face a wave of retirements of older white men.
Analysis finds racial disparity in pandemic unemployment benefits
Jun 21, 2021
White unemployment applicants were more likely to get relief than Black applicants.
For Broadway performers, a year of pandemic unemployment and reflection
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
and Rose Conlon
Apr 2, 2021
As Broadway eyes reopening, a performer reflects on a year offstage.
The Economy Reimagined, Part 1: Dealing with Inequality
by
David Brancaccio
and Kimberly Adams
Aug 7, 2020
Amid the wreckage of 2020, are there opportunities to fix what was already broken, including the system of human relationships we call the economy?
For public good, not for profit.
There's a big racial divide over COVID-19 cost concerns, new study finds
Jul 29, 2020
People of color are almost twice as likely as white people to be worried about how to pay for care if they get COVID-19.
Black women twice as likely as white men to suffer economically from COVID-19
Apr 30, 2020
That includes getting laid off, furloughed or having hours or pay reduced because of the pandemic.
There's a big racial disparity in NIH funding
Nov 20, 2015
Aside from sheer fairness issues, the racial gap could hurt patients, too.