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The American Dream Isn’t for Black Millennials | The New York Times

January 7, 2019African American Economics, African American Wealth ...

What I learned from talking to more than 70 of my peers — and trying to buy a house.

Under Ben Carson, more families live in HUD housing that fails health and safety inspections | NBC News

November 27, 2018African American Economics, African American Health ...

While HUD Secretary Ben Carson pledged to fix low-income housing, the number of properties cited for health and safety violations has been on the rise.

Michigan drops conviction box from job, license applications | Michigan Chronicle

November 12, 2018African American Economics, African American Employment ...

David Eggert , Michigan Chronicle Formerly incarcerated New Yorkers rally with VOCAL to ban the box outside City Hall. (VOCAL) Featured Image [dropcap]LANSING[/dropcap], MICH. – Gov. Rick Snyder is ordering the state to no longer ask job applicants and people seeking certain occupational licenses to check a box if they have been convicted of a […]

The Harvard Case Is About the Future of Affirmative Action | The Atlantic

October 23, 2018Affirmative Action, African American Economics ...

One day before Harvard goes to court to defend its admissions practices, two warring rallies made clear that the trial is about much more than just the university.

‘It Does Something to Your Soul When Everyone Losing Their Homes Looks Like You’ | Politico

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018African American Commuities, African American Economics ...

In Durham, a young lawyer raised in public housing teaches elite law students to save poor people from eviction.

Black higher education after the Civil War | The Weekly Challenger

May 22, 2018African American Economics, African American Education ...

In “From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans,” initially published in 1947, John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., examined the history of Negro education during and after the Reconstruction era.

Seattle’s JuneBaby Named Best New Restaurant at Beard Awards | The New York Times

May 11, 2018African American Cuisine, African American Entrepreneurs ...

JuneBaby, a Seattle restaurant focused on the foods of the American South, was named Best New Restaurant on Monday night at the James Beard Foundation’s annual awards ceremony in Chicago.

Senate poised to roll back watchdog effort to prevent discrimination in auto lending market | The Washington Post

April 19, 2018African American Economics, African American News ...

The Senate is poised to vote this week to rescind a five-year old Obama-era policy warning auto lenders against allowing minority borrowers to be charged more than their white peers.