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The Federal Reserve Must Take Black Employment Seriously Before Raising Interest Rates

March 4, 2022

By Domenica Ghanem, Chirag Mehta, and Dorian Warren

In our first ‘Visible’ series, Dorian Warren and Chirag Mehta explain how raising interest rates right now only punishes Black workers for inflation caused by corporations.

Families are hungry now, extending SNAP is critical to face food insecurity

September 4, 2020

By Sharisse Tracey

While Congress staggers and debates what and when the next stimulus package will be for Americans, people are hungry. With unemployment rates hovering at 8.4% in August 2020 and the…

Let’s Guarantee Every High School Student a Summer Job

August 10, 2016

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

Photo credits to Flazingo Photos.  Originally posted on the Huffington Post.  In New York City, where the summer job program for high school students is run on a neighborhood lotto…

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