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Crowding Black Women Into Vulnerable Work Lowers Wages, Wellbeing

By Wendy Fry, CalMatters Good morning, Inequality Insights readers. I’m CalMatters reporter Wendy Fry. Black women are overrepresented in what’s known as “vulnerable work,” according to a new report by researchers with the Urban Institute, a Washington D.C.-based think tank. Vulnerable work refers to employment where workers are at greater risk of injury or exploitation, […]

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