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Study: Great Depression Banking Policies Helped Create Urban Hot Spots

zengernews - October 25, 2020

RICHMOND, Virginia—Research examining the link between hot weather and construction methods is allowing city officials to right decades-old wrongs resulting from discriminatory banking practices. A...

Wealth gap over last two decades costs $2.7 trillion in Black income

RTMNews - October 2, 2020

Wealth gap costs over last two decades: $2.7 trillion in Black income, $16 trillion to U.S. economy By Charlene Crowell America’s persistent racial income and the...

Atlanta Virtual Career Fair for Veterans

RTMNews - September 28, 2020

Unemployment continues to hold steady at record highs and veteran unemployment stays in step with this trend surging to 9% from just 3% at...

GDOL releases wage assistance payments

RTMNews - September 11, 2020

GDOL Scheduled to Release First Round of The Georgia Department of Labor announced that claimants who qualify for the Lost Wage Assistance program will...

Black households earned 61 cents for every dollar of White median incomes

RTMNews - September 4, 2020

Black households earned 61 cents for every dollar of White median incomes By Charlene Crowell Nationally in 2018, Black households earned 61 cents for every $1...

Payday lenders take advantage of consumers in need

Roz Edward - July 17, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc throughout the country, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently took an ill-advised and untimely action. On July...

Dire jobs report shows most vulnerable communities still need support

RTMNews - May 8, 2020

Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics...

Major gaps on PPP rules still unresolved as 2nd round of funding goes out

RTMNews - April 27, 2020

Design flaws in the program still need to be resolved As the second round of Paycheck Protection Program Funding starts up today, Main Street Alliance Executive...

While struggling Americans await $1,200 stimulus, nation’s wealthiest reap windfall

RTMNews - April 20, 2020

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The $2.3 trillion coronavirus stimulus package includes a temporary tax change for individuals who make at least $1 million a year,...

48.9 million unbanked consumers may wait 20 weeks for federal stimulus checks

RTMNews - April 17, 2020

By Charlene Crowell As the COVID19 pandemic continues to unfold with surging confirmed cases and ever-rising deaths, the Department of Labor announced on April 16...

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