Census Data Show Historic Investments in Social Safety Net Alleviated Poverty in 2020
New poverty, income, and health insurance data confirm that poverty is a policy choice.
Systematic Inequality
The already large racial wealth gap between white and black American households grew even wider after the Great Recession. Targeted policies are necessary to reverse this deepening divide.
Truth and Reconciliation
Simulating How Progressive Proposals Affect the Racial Wealth Gap
Systematic Inequality and Economic Opportunity
Systemic Inequality: Displacement, Exclusion, and Segregation
Unions Help Increase Wealth for All and Close Racial Wealth Gaps
Union membership significantly increases wealth for all households, but Black and Hispanic families gain the most.
Ensuring Equal Pay for Black Women is Not Just About Work—It’s Also About Family
Policy solutions that address Black women’s work, family, and caregiving needs are essential to creating equitable workplaces that pay fair wages.
Summary of Proposals and Policy Actions To Reduce the Black-White Wealth Gap
The Biden administration has started to implement policies to make it easier for Black households to build wealth at the same rate as white households; additional steps are both possible and necessary.
Wealth Matters: The Black-White Wealth Gap Before and During the Pandemic
The lack of wealth in many African-American households has left them especially vulnerable to the financial fallout from the coronavirus crisis; but the federal government has perhaps its best opportunity yet to fix these racial disparities.
Black LGBTQ Individuals Experience Heightened Levels of Discrimination
The compounding effects of discrimination for Black LGBTQ Americans are evident in the workplace, health care systems, and police interactions, leading to gaps in economic advancement and mental and physical health outcomes.
How the Biden Administration Can Advance Racial Equity
Federal agencies have the opportunity to advance racial equity and narrow the racial wealth gap through executive actions.
Biden’s Tax Enforcement Overhaul Would Be A Positive Step Toward Racial Equity
Rebuilding the IRS and directing the agency’s focus toward wealthy tax cheats is a fundamental step toward creating a more fair and equitable tax code and an important step in the direction of racial equity.
A Criminal Record Shouldn’t Be a Life Sentence to Poverty
Bipartisan momentum for clean slate and fair chance licensing policies—which remove barriers to economic opportunity for people facing the stigma of a criminal record—has grown significantly in the states in recent years.
National and Community Leaders Discuss How To End White Supremacist Violence
This video presents highlights from an event following the release of a joint report from the Center for American Progress and the McCain Institute for International Leadership on how to address the growing national security threat posed by white supremacist violence in the United States.
Justice in Reentry for Formerly Incarcerated LGBTQ People and People Living With HIV
Broad reforms and targeted services are needed to reduce the harms of incarceration for LGBTQ people and people living with HIV as they reenter their communities.
Building on the ACA: Administrative Actions to Improve Maternal Health
The United States’ maternal health crisis demands federal and state action to improve coverage, the delivery of care, and pregnancy outcomes. The cost of inaction will almost certainly be dire.
Eliminating the Black-White Wealth Gap Is a Generational Challenge
Closing the racial wealth gap is a generational challenge that requires new yet doable policies.
Latinos Face Disproportionate Health and Economic Impacts From COVID-19
Congress and the Biden administration must act quickly to minimize further harm during the COVID-19 pandemic—particularly for Latinos and other communities of color.
The Economic Status of Asian American and Pacific Islander Women
Policymakers must closely examine economic data on the experiences of AAPI women, before and during the coronavirus pandemic, in order to surface key barriers and shed light on effective policy solutions.