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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When Banking Black Was Not Enough, This Woman Took an Extraordinary Extra Step to Help Black-Owned Businesses
You could call it a hidden-camera show, but that’s not exactly what it is. It’s so much more than that.
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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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Increasing Black Wealth Takes Generational Sacrifice — It Always Has
Since slavery, African Americans have made sacrifices so that their children and grandchildren could do better, but we need not lose this way of thinking today.
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Blacks, Hispanics Pay More In Utility Costs, Report Finds
Philadelphia is one of 15 cities that has the heaviest energy burdens for low-income and minority households, according to a report released this week by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and the Energy Efficiency for All coalition.
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