Racial Wealth Gap

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June 20, 2025
Maryland Governor Wes Moore says despite the challenges ahead under the Trump administration, "Black America is resilient."
Wes Moore, theGrio.com
June 19, 2025
Moore announced a pair of new actions aimed at restoring justice and closing the racial wealth gap for Black Americans…
Martin Luther King Jr. -- MLK Day 2024
April 4, 2023
Community members in Memphis say its local leadership has failed to commit to the things Dr. King fought and died…
February 17, 2023
To protect Black people from police brutality, we need to surround them with economic opportunity. Passing “baby bonds” legislation is…
Representative Ayanna Pressley and Senator Cory Booker
February 15, 2023
Rep. Pressley and Sen. Booker are reintroducing legislation that would establish federal baby bonds to help close the racial wealth…
Vice President Kamala Harris
October 8, 2022
“The [racial] wealth gap is massive. It won't close overnight and no matter what you do to try to close…
June 15, 2022
Annual phone bank helps Cook County residents find out their eligibility for property tax refunds and assistance.
June 2, 2022
Philly native son Kenneth Frazier helms “a coalition of leaders” who've pledged to elevate a million Black workers over the…
June 1, 2022
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed new legislation that would have inflicted undue hardship on state residents who use payday…
May 13, 2022
The deeds "document the institutionalized racism of the past that we must live with today,” says ASU professor Rashad Shabazz.
May 10, 2022
The highest inflation rise since 1981 comes on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed tens of thousands…
March 21, 2022
The organization said it gave a $5.75 million construction loan for affordable housing in West Lakes, Fla., a historically Black…
Companies fail at diversity
March 18, 2022
White applicants fared better at all of the major banks, but only Wells Fargo denied more Black applicants than it…
March 2, 2022
There are several other steps that Congress can take to help close the racial wealth gap starting with student debt.
November 30, 2021
The survey tracked over 25,000 interactions with fictitious renters using names more often associated with white, Black and LatinX identities.
Black Family house thegrio.com
October 16, 2021
A surge of out-of-town investors purchasing property in Tennessee will make it more difficult for Black residents to purchase homes.
A home stands for sale in a Brooklyn
August 23, 2021
The median price of a home in San Diego has reached up to $750,000, out of reach for many Blacks…
African American money thegrio.com
June 16, 2021
The Executive Leadership Council announced a new initiative with Goalsetter to grow and protect wealth in Black America.
February 17, 2021
President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan currently includes suspension of student loan payments as a relief for borrowers.
February 16, 2021
Democratic leaders and HBCU presidents speak with theGrio about the life-changing impact of forgiving up to $50,000 in student loan…