NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are in a world of deep attack by an ideological extreme that wants to erase so much of the civil-rights movement,” said...
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Americans’ eating habits have improved — except among the poor, evidence of a widening wealth gap when it...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Economists have long argued that a rising wealth gap has complicated the U.S. rebound from the Great Recession....
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The growing racial wealth gap – $200 in median wealth for Blacks in 2011 and $23,000 for...
by Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Social Security changes proposed by Obama could hurt African Americans more than other groups, a new report...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Great Recession has had its greatest impact on African Americans, who saw their net wealth decrease...