Black Wealth, White Wealth, Brown Wealth
Family Wealth Critical to Child Opportunity
by Fred Kammer, SJ
A new study by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development in Oakland reminds us once again that family income is not the only indicator of the well-being of people in the household, especially children. Family assets—wealth—are critical to child development, good health, good education, security, and dreams of a better future.
How anti-immigrant is the Gulf South?
Fate of 2011 Gulf South States' Anti-Immigrant Legislation
By Dr. Sue Weishar, Migration Specialist
MPI Urges Enforcement of Labor Standards
Melissa Dockstader
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New Report Urges Enforcement of Labor Standards
This report from Migration Policy Institute recommends much stronger labor standards enforcement on behalf of all workers in the U.S.</p>
Florida Expanding Flawed Medicaid Managed Care Experiment
New Orleans among the Ten Worst Cities for Renters
New Orleans ranks fifth among the ten worst U.S. cities for renters behind Miami (#1) and McAllen (#2); but the Gulf South also has #7 (Memphis) and #8 (Orlando)—five of the top ten!
Venessa Wong of Bloomberg Businessweek digested a recent study by Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies to focus on the ten worst cities for renters. The ten are ranked by the percentage of tenants spending more than half of their income on rent. See her article here.
Archbishop Wenski on Abdication of Responsibility
In a very strongly worded statement last month, Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami accused both the Congress and the Adminstration of abdication of responsibility for their complete failure to deal with the pressing issued of immigration reform. Failing to do so, he wrote, leaves immigrant families living in fear and, without action, “the nation’s social fabric will begin to tear, to the detriment of all Americans.” The complete statement can be found here.
Two Studies Reflect Racism's Impact on Black Male Employment and Wages
Two recent studies featured by the Economic Policy Institute help explain lower earnings of African American men than their white counterparts.
U.S. in Violation of U.N. Convention on Racial Discrimination
Many Americans assume that due to the Civil Rights legislation of the 1960s that the United States is in compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). This is not the case. The U.S. Human Rights Network provides a fact sheet that details how U.S. law, through several recent Supreme Court rulings, call into question U.S. compliance with CERD. The fact sheet is online here.