NFL Hall of Famer Bruce Smith said it’s possible the mayor won’t call for a racial disparity study because he’s scared of what he’d find.
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How Do You Throw a Birthday Party When a Child Is Homeless?
Stephany Cruz’s son, Jeremiah, who just turned 8, was thrilled by the face painting, games and pizza at his recent birthday party. It was especially thrilling because Ms. Cruz and her son were homeless at the time and living at a Win homeless shelter in Manhattan.
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Black Wealth in the Age of Trump
The president-elect has pledged tax reform and job creation—policies that should theoretically help poor and minority Americans. Will they?
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Millions Are About to Get a Raise for Overtime Work, and Republicans Are Plotting to Take It Away
It was just this spring that millions of Americans learned they were in for a big raise courtesy of the Obama administration’s long-awaited updating of the federal rules for overtime pay.
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Predictable Schedules Are the New $15 Minimum Wage
[two_fifth padding=”0 35px 0 10px”]PREDICTABLE SCHEDULES ARE THE NEW $15 MINIMUM WAGE BY Adam Chandler PUB The Atlantic [/two_fifth][three_fifth_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”][perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=”16″]Following San Francisco’s lead, Seattle and New York City have introduced initiatives to regularize workers’ hours.[/perfectpullquote]If it takes three examples to label something a fad, then San Francisco, […]
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The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today
Just as past public policies created the racial wealth gap, current policy widens it.
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