Special Report

• The Economic Crisis in Black and White

  William Spriggs

  Narrowing America's racial divides and expanding opportunity for all

• Understanding the Black-White Earnings Gap

  Williams Rodgers III

  Why do African Americans continue to earn less despite dramatic gains in education?

• Sub-Prime as a Black Catastrophe

  Melvin Oliver

  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 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

  Ending the temp agencies' control of low-wage labor markets

• Unionization and Black Workers

  Steven Pitts

  Trade unions are still a key path to higher-quality jobs and greater dignity at the workplace.

• Race, Place, and Opportunity

  john powell

  Where we live influences our life chances. Too many blacks still live in concentrated poverty.