| Jun 14, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis op-ed was originally published on June 19, 2019. We’re reprinting it to mark Juneteenth in 2022. One day in late June, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas. They carried some historic news: Legal slavery had ended some two and a half years ago...
| Apr 20, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedAmerica’s yawning racial divide is no secret. In 2019, the median wealth of white families was $160,000 — compared to just $9,000 for Black families. There’s been growing interest in finding ways to close this divide. That’s a good thing. But unfortunately, some ideas...
| Jan 13, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTwelve years ago, the inauguration of America’s first Black president had many Americans believing that a future free of racial discrimination and inequality was finally within reach. This year, as Obama’s former vice president Joe Biden takes office amid a surge in...
| Jul 22, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedFor months now, uprisings against structural racism have spurred discussions about how to bridge the nation’s racial divides — including the enormous racial wealth gap. Many are calling on their governments to pull funds out of police budgets and redirect that money...
| Apr 6, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWe are living in an intense time — a time when major public policy failures and social inequality are revealing themselves after being hidden by a seemingly strong economy. Over the last few years, record low levels of unemployment and a booming stock market helped...
