I lead the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, America’s Black think tank. When we opened our doors in 1970, there were only 1,469 Black elected officials in office across the United ...

New research identifies 13.5 million multi-race households, revealing disparities in homeownership and cost burdens compared ...

The incarceration rate of Black Americans has fallen sharply in the 21st century, according to a new study, but the trend has coincided with a rise in imprisonment of white Americans with no college ...

In a fair tax system, everyone pays their fair share, no one pays more than they can afford, and the government raises enough ...

The state of Florida has one of the smallest wealth gaps by race and ethnicity, according to a WalletHub report ...

In New York City, accumulating wealth is many times more difficult for Latino and Black New Yorkers, according to a recent ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he will skip the G20 summit slated to be held in Johannesburg amid tensions between ...

Equity – the controversial early frontrunner for “Word of the Year” – is about to play a starring role in a conference aimed ...

Optus Bank was established as South Carolina's first ever Black-owned bank. Over a century later, they’re getting a major ...

As we show in our recent study, this is, in part, due to longstanding discrimination shaping racial differences in economic ...

Hawaiʻi is often celebrated for our diverse culture and stunning landscapes, but we also stand out for having one of the smallest racial wealth gaps in the United States.