One of the major concerns that surround unpaid internships is access. Wealthier students benefit; poor students don’t.

The Affordable Care Act is probably the most progressive policy Americans born after the Great Society will witness in their lifetimes. It has saved tens of thousands of Americans from premature death and has already insured more than 12 million people. It has already defined Barack Obama’s legacy

[...] At the individual level, racial differences have been observed when it comes to accumulating wealth. A study recently published by the public policy organization Demos called “ Racial Wealth Gap” found that the wealth gap between Blacks and Whites has grown since the Great Recession

While income is distributed unequally in the country, what few people know is how much more unequally wealth, financial assets and inheritances are distributed.

When discussing race, the conservative argument is best expressed by the famous words of Chief Justice John Roberts: "The best way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." Translation: America has done bad things in its history, but those bad

Credit checks are one of many barriers faced by Black job seekers; and the implicit biases of employers have proved hard to legislate. That's why New York City just joined other cities and states in banning credit checks.

[...] Federal contracting with private vendors supports about two million low-wage private sector jobs, according to Demos, a national research institute, in their study, "Underwriting Bad Jobs." That is "more than the number of low wage workers at Walmart and McDonald's combined."

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The rationale behind the ban is simple: it’s unfair and useless to use a person’s credit history, which is often inaccurate or misleading, when assessing their job qualifications.

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