Bernie Sanders wants to replace private credit reporting firms with free, public registry

Bernie Sanders wants to eliminate the private credit reporting companies and substitute them with a government-managed credit registry.

Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson endorses Sanders

Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for president, the campaign announced Sunday.“A people far behind cannot catch up choosing the most moderate pa…

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Opinion | Why This Economist Wants to Give Every Poor Child $50,000 (Published 2023)

The economist Darrick Hamilton discusses how policy proposals like “baby bonds” could help the country move toward greater racial and economic equity.

Examining the Racial Wealth Gap in the United States

A remote hearing before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee will be held on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Biden poised to break with Brown, progressives in picking top bank cop

Opinion: Here’s why black families have struggled for decades to gain wealth

There’s a long history of government policies that facilitated wealth for white Americans but not for blacks.

America’s Retirement Race Gap, and Ideas for Closing It (Published 2020)

Scholars and policymakers have proposed ways to fix the inequities between whites and people of color, including changes to Social Security and building wealth from birth.

How "baby bonds" could help close the wealth gap

Hard work, resilience and grit lead to success, right? This narrative pervades the way we think, says economist Darrick Hamilton, but the truth is that our chances at economic security have less to...

Op-ed: The Fed has a 'responsibility' to help reduce high unemployment in the Black community

The Federal Reserve must reckon with its contributions to the problem of black unemployment and take responsibility towards crafting the solution, write Rep. Ayanna Pressley and David Stein.

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Why wealth equality remains out of reach for black Americans

Thanks to a long history of exclusionary government programs, the typical black family now has only 10 cents for every dollar held by the typical white family.

A Tax Code Optimized for White Wealth Leaves Black Americans Behind

Dorothy Brown has spent her career as a law professor documenting racism in a tax system that’s supposedly colorblind.

Ending racial wealth gap will require 'a package of goods'

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have put forward a number of ideas aimed at eliminating the racial wealth gap. Ali Velshi talks about whether

We Must Reject Austerity Politics: Economist Darrick Hamilton on Why $900B Stimulus Is Not Enough

As Congress passes a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, the first new aid since April, critics say the bill does not go far enough in providing direct aid to those most impacted by the economic...

A Paycheck Guarantee is Popular with Voters 

In the last three months, 45 million workers have filed for unemployment insurance — and more workers are unemployed today at any time since the Great Depression.