MEDIA COVERAGE

In the News

Op-Eds and Public Writing:

  1. For an affordable housing future, expanding access isn't enough, Los Angeles Times

  2. Why Federal Food Aid Became Politically Polarizing—and What to Do About It, Common Dreams

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

  4. Why Black and Hispanic small-business owners have been so badly hit in the pandemic recession, The Conversation

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

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

  7. Without access to credit, ex-cons may return to lives of crime, The Hill

Videos / explainers:

  1. (Video en Español) La Ley de Derecho al Voto, definitiva para defender el derecho a votar de las minorías en EE.UU., CNN en EspañolEquitable Growth, UC Berkeley Opportunity Lab, CEA, Minneapolis Fed, etc.

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

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

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

  5. (Animated Video) Racial Inequalities in Property Taxations, Econimate

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

  7. (Radio) Downturn for Black Americans has followed 'Shelby' ruling, study finds, KPBS/NPR

Selected media coverage:

  1. The Voting Rights Act Is Gutted — Black Workers Will Pay The Price, Forbes

  2. New JEC Report Finds Barriers To Financial Inclusion Cause Widespread Economic Harm, Joint Economic Committee

  3. Voting Rights Act Increased Racial Economic Equality That’s Now Diminishing, UCSD Study Finds, Times of San Diego

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

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

  6. Why the assault on US democracy is a business issue, Investment Monitor

  7. In Conversation with Carlos Fernando Avenancio-León, Washington Center for Equitable Growth

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

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

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

  11. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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