Wealth Gap

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Money can buy happiness, the wealth gap, happiness gap, Black generational wealth, Black American wealth, theGrio.com
July 22, 2024
As a new study confirms money correlates with happiness, the wealth gap continues to grow between Black and white Americans.
Wealth gap, economic inequality, theGrio.com
July 17, 2024
As the U.S. wealth gap widens, Black financial experts envision a path for Black people to create meaningful wealth.
Great Jobs KC
March 5, 2024
The CEO of a nonprofit group that met with legislators to discuss wealth disparities joins the show to tell us…
August 28, 2023
A new report shows that economic disparities continue to plague Black America 60 years after the historic March on Washington.
Black mortality rates
October 29, 2022
56% of Black adults have an unpaid medical bill, a challenge faced by only 37% of white adults, according to…
June 14, 2022
The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced on Tuesday a landmark partnership with the Divine Nine aimed to address Black wealth.
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…
Aurora James Fifteen Percent Pledge theGrio.com
April 4, 2022
Founded by Aurora James, the Fifteen Percent Pledge has channeled $10 billion to Black businesses since 2020.
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.
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…
Black Family
May 22, 2021
A new report from The Economist reveals that Black Americans are living longer and getting better educations than ever before.
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.
2020 Embrace Ambition Summit | Tory Burch Foundation
February 1, 2021
Mellody Hobson thinks policymakers and corporations are still approaching equity and business with antiquated strategies.
Brandon Comer, co-founder of The Black Bank Fund
January 27, 2021
Co-founder Brandon Comer says their mission is to increase the wealth-generating potential of Black banking institutions across the US.
ATM
December 12, 2019
The largest Black owned bank in America [a Boston-based trust company] exists with a very clear goal in mind: to…
August 22, 2019
Conversations about reparations and the wage gap aren't going away, so with the help of Professor William Darity, we ask…
June 11, 2019
[griojw id=”5ZsfGLtG” playerid=”GqX43ZoG”]   Black Chicagoans lost between $3 and $4 billion in wealth as a result of predatory housing
black white boys thegrio.com
March 19, 2018
A new study that traced the lives of millions of American children found that Black boys from wealthy families still…