Wealth

June 17, 2023

What the Largest Known US Slave Auction Reveals About the Racial Wealth Gap

Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified. The post […]
March 10, 2019

Why Wealth Equality Remains Out of Reach for Black Americans

By Darrick Hamilton, The Ohio State University and Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University Black History Month has become the time to reflect on all the […]
February 21, 2019

Donor-Hungry Hospitals Do Wealth Checks on Patients During Their Stay

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Nonprofit hospitals across the United States are seeking donations from the people who rely on them most: their patients. Many […]
February 4, 2019

Wealth Inequality Hits Communities of Color Hardest, According to New Study

By Chuck Collins, January 29, 2019 The story of the growing inequality in the United States has many dimensions. There is the overarching story of the last […]
January 25, 2018

How Racially Restrictive Covenants Widened the Black-White Wealth Gap

Conversations about wealth inequality in the United States inevitably circle back to the question of race: why does wealth disproportionately reside among Whites in comparison to […]