Tag: racial gap
Racial Gap in US Stroke Deaths Widened During Pandemic
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The longstanding racial gap in U.S. stroke death rates widened dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
On Equal Pay Day, Advocates Shine Light on Earning Gap for Black Women
By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media
On Equal Pay Day last week, First Partner of California Jennifer Siebel Newsom addressed the gender and...
Local Black Homebuyers Program Seeks Equity Across All Fronts
In August 2021, the San Diego Foundation, LISC San Diego, and the Urban League of San Diego County announced a partnership to form the...
Black Leaders: Biden Order Is First to Recognize America’s History of Housing Injustice
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media
Black Leaders and civil rights groups – including the NAACP and the Greenlining Institute -- are hailing a memorandum...
New Report: Blacks are ‘Beyond Broke’
By George Curry
NNPA Editor-in-Chief
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The growing racial wealth gap – $200 in median wealth for Blacks in 2011 and $23,000 for Whites...