In 1965, the United States took a decisive step toward democracy with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. At…

The House recently passed a massive Trump budget bill that will cut trillions in taxes for the ultra-wealthy while eviscerating Medicaid, SNAP,…

INTRODUCTION: Black Americans have endured the unendurable for too long. Sixty years after the famed March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,…

(Image Nathaniel St. Clair) The Supreme Court’s latest attempt to mandate colorblindness amidst the reality of deep and widespread racial inequality has…

Juneteenth celebrates the end of chattel slavery in the United States. But over 150 years later, discriminatory public policies have prevented African…

Here’s my proposal: give $20,000 to every American with an enslaved ancestor, every year, for 20 years. We can afford it

By bridging the racial wealth divide, we can reduce the economic inequality that’s holding down our entire country

The greatest beneficiary of America finally investing in reparations won’t be only the low-wealth population that deserves this investment. It will be the moral foundation of our country

Without investment, blacks, Latinos and Native Americans, and other people of color, never will be able to catch up to the historic strong white middle class that we like to think back upon

As our country becomes more diverse, our racial wealth gap means it’s also becoming poorer.