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October 2008: The Color of Opportunity: Narrowing Racial Divides and Expanding Prosperity for All, Volume , Issue

The Economic Crisis in Black and White
William E. Spriggs
Narrowing America's racial divides and expanding opportunity for all

Understanding the Black-White Earnings Gap
Williams M. Rodgers III
Why do African Americans continue to earn less despite dramatic gains in education?

Sub-Prime as a Black Catastrophe
Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro
First came racial redlining. Then came racial targeting of toxic and predatory loans. Both spelled economic disaster for African Americans.

Black Women: The Unfinished Agenda
Cecilia A. Conrad
African American women made great progress in education and entering into previously forbidden occupations -- but their gains in earnings mysteriously stopped.

Women of Color
Marlene Kim
The persistent double jeopardy of race and gender

African Americans and Immigrants: The Common Good
Maria Echaveste
Are foreigners "taking Americans' jobs"? Or are employers once again exploiting cheap labor and vulnerable people?

Regular Work in an Irregular Economy
Carmen Martino and David Bensman
Ending the temp agencies' control of low-wage labor markets

Unionization and Black Workers
Steven C. Pitts
Trade unions are still a key path to higher-quality jobs and greater dignity at the workplace.

Race, Place, and Opportunity
john a. powell
Where we live influences our life chances. Too many blacks still live in concentrated poverty.

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