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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: financial institutions

Posted inPerspectives

Public banking can help bridge the racial wealth gap in the post-pandemic recovery

by Ameya Pawar and Harish I. Patel July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

By using public money to create local funds, public banks can reverse decades of racist disinvestment to repair Black and Brown communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 recession.

Posted inCoronavirus

Minority-owned businesses largely miss out on federal relief

by Curtis Black April 22, 2020April 22, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

Facebook’s Libra may be quite attractive in developing countries

by Nir Kshetri June 28, 2019June 28, 2019
Posted inEconomic Development, Perspectives

Facebook claims Libra offers economic empowerment to billions – an economist is skeptical

by Jay L. Zagorsky June 21, 2019June 21, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

Older and poorer communities are left behind by the decline of cash

by Daniel Tischer, Jamie Evans and Sara Davies May 23, 2019May 23, 2019
Posted inEconomic Development, Perspectives

Black America’s distrust of banks rooted in Reconstruction

by Marcus Anthony Hunter February 22, 2018February 21, 2018
Posted inPolicy & Finance

Currency exchange rate hike to hit the unbanked with more fees

by La Risa Lynch February 6, 2018August 9, 2018
Posted inEconomic Development, TCR Talks

Banking on the black community

by La Risa Lynch July 12, 2016July 12, 2016
Posted inEconomic Development

Poverty pays for small dollar lenders in Chicago

by Adeshina Emmanuel September 2, 2015February 6, 2018
Posted inHousing

Chicago claims progress in making banks pay for vacant buildings

by Adeshina Emmanuel June 23, 2015June 24, 2015

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