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How the Government Can End Poverty for Native American Women Report
 (A mother and her 10-year-old son live without electricity or running water on a Navajo Nation reservation in Cameron, Arizona, during the coronavirus pandemic, March 2020.)

How the Government Can End Poverty for Native American Women

American Indian and Alaska Native women in the United States make just 60 cents for every dollar earned by their white male counterparts, and this wage gap forces too many of them and their families into poverty.

Arohi Pathak

Closing Latino Labor Market Gap Requires Targeted Policies To End Discrimination Report
 (Two women use sewing machines to put together protective masks for medical personnel working in hospitals in Miami on April 15, 2020.)

Closing Latino Labor Market Gap Requires Targeted Policies To End Discrimination

Structural forces in the United States prevent Latinos from achieving the same employment outcomes as their non-Hispanic white counterparts, and policymakers can no longer ignore the equity gaps.

Ryan Zamarripa

Creating a Postal Banking System Would Help Address Structural Inequality Report
The facade of a United States Post Office is seen on August 17, 2020, in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Getty/Gary Hershorn)

Creating a Postal Banking System Would Help Address Structural Inequality

Expanding the responsibilities of the U.S. Postal Service to include postal banking would ensure that low-income communities and communities of color across the country have access to an essential service.

Danyelle Solomon, Mehrsa Baradaran, Lily Roberts

A Blueprint for Revamping the Minority Business Development Agency Report

A Blueprint for Revamping the Minority Business Development Agency

The Minority Business Development Agency has tremendous potential to create the conditions for economic growth and opportunity in Black communities.

Connor Maxwell, Darrick Hamilton, Andre M. Perry, 1 More Danyelle Solomon

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Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice

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