inequality

Black America Needs a ‘New Normal’: Equitable Credit Access to Build Wealth

Charlene Crowell NNPA Newswire ContributorJune 17, 2021

Although many officials have called for a ‘return to normal’, millions of small businesses and communities need something new instead. In Black America especially, the ‘old normal’ never delivered equitable access to wealth-building opportunities as those that well-served served much of White America. Instead, a lengthy history of public policies designed to create and sustain a burgeoning middle class systemically excluded Blacks and other people of color.

My Plan to Lift Every Voice in Black America

Joe BidenOctober 22, 2020

President Trump wants to paper over the living wound of racism. He’s issued Executive Orders and established a new national commission designed to whitewash our history—and deny the daily reality of being Black in America. He actively appeals to white supremacists and fans the flames of hatred and division in our country, because he thinks it benefits him politically. He ignores the most basic job of every president: the duty to care for all of us, not just those who voted for him.

Economy National News Real Estate

For People of Color, Gentrification is More a Curse than a Blessing

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentFebruary 27, 2020

According to a March 2019 study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), more than 135,000 Black and Hispanics around the nation were displaced between 2000 and 2012. Gentrification and displacement of long-time residents were most intense from 2000 to 2013 in the nation’s biggest cities, and rare in most other places, according to the study. During those years, gentrification was concentrated in larger cities with vibrant economies but also appeared in smaller cities where it often impacted areas with the most amenities near central business districts.

Education Family National News (Family)Op-Ed Opinion

Is There More to Teaching and Learning Than Testing?

Barbara D. Parks-Lee, Ph.D., CF, NBCT (ret.), NNPA ESSA Awareness CampaignMay 2, 2019

In order for education to capitalize on the strengths and talents of learners and the skills and professionalism of their teachers, what kinds of additional progress measures might be employed?

News

Welcoming Immigrants Keeps America Great

Sentinel News ServiceJuly 20, 2017

Since our founding, our country has struggled with discrimination and inequality.

Op-Ed Opinion

Inequality and Discrimination in Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Health

Pastor William SmartAugust 10, 2016

Recently, it was brought to my attention that two communities facing similar environmental stressors were treated very differently by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH). In Maywood, the Southeast community suffered as a toxic magnesium explosion terrorized the neighborhood. In Porter Ranch, the suburban community was afflicted by a gas leak. Though both regions were exposed to extreme environmental hazards, the DPH gave significantly more attention to the latter community, creating a large disparity between the assistance each community was provided.

Opinion

The Color of Wealth in a City of Angels

Special from Inequality written by Antonio MooreApril 1, 2016

Economist Thomas Piketty, the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century, recently observed that the level of inequality in the United States — for those who work for a living — “is probably higher than in any other society, at any time in the past, anywhere in the world.”

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State Sen. Holly Mitchell Holds Public Hearing on Women and Inequality

Shirley Hawkins, Contributing WriterNovember 12, 2015

Sen. Bob Huff and Sen. Holly J. Mitchell listen to testimony delivered by community stakeholders and advocates regarding homelessness, sex trafficking and foster care of homeless and exploited women at a “Women and Inequality; Strategies to Promote Opportunity” public hearing. The hearing was held at the Weingart YMCA Wellness and Aquatic Center on Nov. 6 in Los Angeles. The facts are startling: women and girls in Los Angeles County experience the greatest incidents of poverty, homelessness and sex trafficking in Los Angeles County. Statistics from the Senate Committee on Women and Equality indicate that 35 percent of women in South