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32. Strong unions push firms to reduce riskier debt, lowering risks of unemployment for U.S. workers, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

31. New JEC Report Finds Barriers To Financial Inclusion Cause Widespread Economic Harm, Joint Economic Committee
30. Voting Rights Act Increased Racial Economic Equality That’s Now Diminishing, UCSD Study Finds, Times of San Diego
29. Downturn for Black Americans has followed 'Shelby' ruling, study finds, KPBS/NPR

28. Foreclosures Are Fueling America’s Racial Wealth Gap, Mother Jones

27. A blueprint for broadening ex-inmates' access to banking, American Banker

26. Why the assault on US democracy is a business issue, Investment Monitor
25. In Conversation with Carlos Fernando Avenancio-León, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

24. The Importance of Protecting Voting Rights for Voter Turnout and Economic Well-Being, White House — CEA Blog

23. ‘Permanent damage’: can minority-owned businesses recover from pandemic’s toll?, The Guardian

22. How Lower-Income Americans Get Cheated on Property Taxes, The New York Times

21. (Op-Ed) Why Black and Hispanic small-business owners have been so badly hit in the pandemic recession, The Conversation

20. How combating voter suppression can help close the economic divides between Black and White Americans and spur U.S. economic growth, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

19. Joe Biden pledges to address pay, systemic racism, USA Today

18. Ex-Inmates Struggle in a Banking System Not Made for Them, The Wall Street Journal

17. (Video) La Ley de Derecho al Voto, definitiva para defender el derecho a votar de las minorías en EE.UU., CNN en Español

16. (Brief) Voting rights equal economic progress: The Voting Rights Act and U.S. economic inequality, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

15. (Animated Video) Can Political Empowerment Lead to Economic Empowerment?, Econimate

14. One home, a lifetime of impact, Washington Post

13. As Districts Seek Revenue Due to Pandemic, Black Homeowners May Feel the Biggest Hit, Education Week

12. How Systemic Racism Is Embedded in Property Taxes, Psychology Today

11. The “Black Tax” on Homeownership, NonProfit Quarterly

10. (Video) Unequal property tax rates for black homeowners, Yahoo Finance/ABC 13

9. (Podcast) We’ve been here before, Pod Save the People

8. Study Suggests Black Families Pay Unfairly High Property Taxes, Mother Jones

7. Latinos y afroamericanos pagan más impuestos de la propiedad, dice un estudio, Agencia EFE

6. New study finds systemic racism in property tax assessments, The Hill

5. Homeownership’s ‘black tax’, Washington Post

4. Black Homeowners Pay More Than ‘Fair Share’ in Property Taxes, Stateline

3. (Brief) Misvaluations in local property tax assessments cause the tax burden to fall more heavily on Black, Latinx homeowners, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

2. (Radio) Insult To Injury: Arizona Inmates Billed For Prison Health Care, KJZZ/NPR

1. (Op-Ed) Without access to credit, ex-cons may return to lives of crime, The Hill