Recent clashes in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray have shined yet another light on the mounting tensions between black communities and police in America's cities. But it is far from the ...

On average, black households had $8,762 in cash or equivalent liquid assets compared with $49,529 for white households, according to government data analyzed by the Economic Policy Institute.

Their analysis … “points to the incredible lack of progress and, in many cases, regress in closing the gaps in labor market outcomes for black and white ... to broad economic forces that ...

The focus has been on the white working class, with the narrative of a forgotten America where rural whites once held steady factory jobs with decent wages. The economic anxiety facing black and ...

When the economy strengthens, meanwhile, Black workers often access jobs only after their white counterparts, Weller said. As demand for workers grows and the supply ebbs, employers turn to Black ...

Economic recovery and white supremacy are the top issues Black voters want U.S. leaders to address, according to a series of bimonthly surveys from Black to the Future Action Fund and ...

The unemployment rate among black Americans was 87% higher than for whites. It has taken over two years for the economy to recover ... spread between black and white jobless rates goes back ...

Even the term ‘black economy’ is racially loaded and inappropriate. It implies that black is bad while white is good. He has estimated that the figure of black money in 2012-2013 is 62% of GDP.

resulting in “white” areas that are experiencing rapid growth, while other areas remain “black” and under developed. My warning was that the WA economy was at risk of becoming a “Zebra ...

The reasons black Americans have higher jobless rates than white people fall into several categories. The Economic Policy Institute reports that among the primary reasons are “racism” and ...