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Closing the wealth gap requires short- and long-term policies that provide economic relief over the next year.
A “redlining” map of Richmond, Virginia, from 1937 produced by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation used to appraise home values and neighborhoods.
To lessen and reverse the pandemic's effects on Black families' income and wealth, consciously consider the persistent effects of the country’s legacy of human trafficking, bondage, and disadvantage. 
COVID-19 has given us even more clarity about our society’s racial inequities.
Under Senator Booker’s bill, every American newborn would receive an initial endowment of $1,000.
The difference between the average wealth of white families and that of African American families has expanded.
Due to the circumstances in which many people of color find themselves because of structural racism, budgetary shifts will disproportionately affect communities of color.
Often, the response to police killing African Americans has been to provide more training to police forces. But we need a deeper change to transcend bias and disrupt this pattern of killings.
Under the center's proposed reforms, workers who experience the greatest challenges in the labor market could still face financial insecurity in retirement.
Policies that focus on victim blaming and individual behavior change won't eradicate the problem because they don't address the entire picture.
Concrete solutions to close the wealth gap faced by people of color

COVID-19: Policies to Protect People and Communities

Behind the Numbers at the Urban Institute

Critical Value: An Urban Institute Podcast

Structural Racism in America

Updates from the Urban Institute

Updates from the Urban Institute

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