How Bad 3rd Grade Math Legitimizes Injustice

by Imara Jones on June 6 2013, 8:54AM

Two months into sequestration, it’s proving a disaster. And the study that justified it still doesn’t add up.

Topics: Budget Cuts, Economy

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Homeowners to Eric Holder: Hold Banks Accountable

by Seth Freed Wessler on May 20 2013, 3:46PM

Protests outside the Justice Department are demanding prosecutions of banks responsible for the foreclosure crisis.

Topics: Economy, /NOW

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New York Attorney General Investigates Fast Food Wage Theft

by Seth Freed Wessler on May 16 2013, 4:42PM

New York State’s attorney general is investigating claims of widespread wage violations by NYC’s fast food restaurants.

Topics: Economy, /NOW

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The Racial Wealth Divide: Why Housing Matters [Infographic]

by Jamilah King on May 6 2013, 11:05AM

We hear a lot about the racial wealth divide. Now we can see it.

Topics: /NOW

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How Public Policy Built The Racial Wealth Divide

by Seth Freed Wessler on May 3 2013, 11:55AM

Ta-Nehisi Coates writes on a foul 1950’s housing market practice that ropped black wealth and helped set the conditions for the current racial wealth gap.

Topics: /NOW

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Major Companies Rely On Underground Labor Brokers That Charge Workers High Fees

by Seth Freed Wessler on May 1 2013, 5:16PM

Some of the country’s biggest temp agencies and high profile companies regularly delegate hiring and employment services to a network of underground labor brokers that charge workers obligatory fees for rides to their jobs and to cash checks. The fees…

Topics: Economy, /NOW

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Unregulated Lenders Now Target Pensioners

by Seth Freed Wessler on April 30 2013, 4:43PM

Predatory “pension advance” companies are hawking high interest loans to aging Americans. People of color are set up to take the worst hit.

Topics: Economy, /NOW

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Last Month’s Good Job Numbers Still Spell Trouble for Blacks and Latinos

by Imara Jones on March 8 2013, 10:08AM

Don’t break out the fireworks yet.

Topics: Economy, /NOW

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We’re Hooked on ‘Growth,’ But It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way

by Imara Jones on March 8 2013, 8:24AM

Three more equitable alternatives to modern capitalism’s self-destructive values.

Topics: Economy

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What’s ‘Sequestration’ Mean in Real Life?

by Imara Jones on February 20 2013, 9:50AM

An explanation of the trillion-dollar budget cuts that are set to begin in a matter of days.

Topics: Budget Cuts, Economy

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What the Treasury Really Needs is People Power, Not Just Jack Lew

by Imara Jones on January 11 2013, 11:05AM

No one can argue that Lew isn’t infinitely qualified for the job. But given Lew’s nomination, we’re not likely to get a Treasury Secretary who fights for everyone’s economic opportunity.

Topics: /NOW

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We Can’t Fix Our Economy Without Confronting White Supremacy

by Imara Jones on December 21 2012, 10:06AM

Current fiscal policy has hardened a racial caste system in the U.S. And if we won’t name it, we can’t fix it.

Topics: Budget Cuts, Economy

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