Inequality Archives – Page 2 of 35 – Center for Public Integrity

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Cómo los pobres cargan con el mayor peso de los impuestos

by Melissa Hellmann, Maya Srikrishnan, Ashley Clarke and Joe Yerardi September 14, 2022May 23, 2023

Child's hand filling in a multi-answer test with a pencil.

Test your knowledge of state taxes

by The Center for Public Integrity September 14, 2022September 14, 2022

This tax break helps lower-income people. Too many don’t get it.

by Melissa Hellmann August 26, 2022August 25, 2022

George Floyd’s life, shaped by racism, tells an American story

by April Simpson May 17, 2022May 18, 2022

A skyline view of downtown Akron, Ohio.

It was the Rubber Capital of the World. The health consequences linger.

by Yanick Rice Lamb May 17, 2022April 17, 2023

A hand stacks coins on a table.

How can we close our racial wealth gap?

by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 22, 2022March 28, 2022

Carrying the load (transcript)

by The Center for Public Integrity March 22, 2022March 21, 2022

ReShonda Young looks at the restrictive covenant placed on homes in her neighborhood.

The racist history that helps explain our present wealth gap

by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 15, 2022December 6, 2022

A map of where restrictive covenants are in place in Waterloo

Watch how racist restrictions spread in this community

by The Center for Public Integrity March 15, 2022March 14, 2022

The wealth-gap machine (transcript)

by The Center for Public Integrity March 15, 2022March 14, 2022

A freedom school opens at a ‘pivotal moment’

by The Center for Public Integrity March 8, 2022March 7, 2022

Students raise their hands during a discussion of poetry at the 1619 Freedom School.

Inside the effort to make this city a better place for its Black residents

by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 8, 2022March 10, 2022

Shifting goalposts (transcript)

by The Center for Public Integrity March 8, 2022March 7, 2022

Cheated at Work

As guest workers increase, so do concerns about wage cheating

by Susan Ferriss March 2, 2022May 23, 2023

Cheated at Work

By the numbers: Wage theft investigations, violations

by Joe Yerardi March 2, 2022May 23, 2023

Cheated at Work

Resources for guest workers

by The Center for Public Integrity March 2, 2022May 23, 2023

Cheated at Work

Con más trabajadores temporales, crece el temor a un mayor robo de salarios

by Susan Ferriss March 2, 2022May 23, 2023

Popcorn heaven (transcript)

by The Center for Public Integrity March 1, 2022February 28, 2022

Woman turning an open sign on glass front door of coffee shop.

Small business lending looks unequal. Getting the data has been a battle.

by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 1, 2022March 10, 2022

Photo of gavel laying on money

A closer look at an effort to make loan data public

by The Center for Public Integrity March 1, 2022February 28, 2022

ReShonda Young stands for a portrait in her neighborhood in Waterloo, Iowa.

Get to know ReShonda Young

by The Center for Public Integrity February 22, 2022February 21, 2022

A wealth gap that’s not closing

by The Center for Public Integrity February 22, 2022February 21, 2022

Leaves fall froma tree in Highland Park in Waterloo, Iowa.

One place was redlined. The other, greenlined. This is how they look today.

by The Center for Public Integrity February 22, 2022February 21, 2022

How do you catch up? (transcript)

by The Center for Public Integrity February 22, 2022February 21, 2022

A portrait of Waterloo

by The Center for Public Integrity February 22, 2022February 22, 2022

ReShonda Young stands at the double doors outside a church property in Waterloo, Iowa, that she's hoping to purchase.

Fighting the wealth vortex

by Jamie Smith Hopkins February 22, 2022March 4, 2022

Glass building with BANK on the side and sun reflecting.

Bank branch closure rate doubled during pandemic

by Melissa Hellmann February 17, 2022February 17, 2022

Shirley Sherrod was fired by USDA. Why is she serving the agency again?

by April Simpson February 11, 2022February 11, 2022

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