How Social And Economic Disparities Have Worsened Pandemic's Effects On Black Workers NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Valerie Wilson from the Economic Policy Institute about why the pandemic has ...

California is an economic powerhouse. It is a center of innovation and birthplace to world-leading enterprises – and may soon become the world’s fourth largest economy. But this is only half ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The first meeting of a new bipartisan Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth was undermined Monday by a GOP boycott, but Democratic members of the ...

People's socio-economic status affects their engagement in healthy behaviors such as physical activity and there are concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these health disparities.

New research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science shows that when people understand how income inequality creates disparities in health care and education access, they become ...

On Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 2:30 p.m. ET, part one of the series unpacks the economic drivers and disparities that impact mobility in the labor market, featuring Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), David ...

The pandemic has hastened already-existing economic trends, such as the increase in remote work. But at the same time, it is also exacerbating existing economic disparities.

ECONOMY Himes, Steil say economic disparity is 'not a Democrat thing or a Republican thing,' seek bipartisan solutions Rep. Steil says 'Congress doesn’t listen to the American people' ...

Lorain is a fine example of economic disparity, Cain said. When he started, Lorain’s steel industry had 10,000 workers. Now Cain is one of 60 in Republic Steel’s bar mill factory.

The House Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth will write a report later this year, making recommendations. But what happens after that isn't clear.

A team of faculty and researchers across the country, including faculty at the University of Wisconsin, joined forces on a study aiming to uncover critical considerations for families of children with ...

Health, economic disparities continue to affect coronavirus hot spots. Neighbors describe virus as a hurricane that swept through violently: It sickened thousands, put many people in mourning ...