Ed Gordon talks with Noliwe Rooks about her new book White Money, Black Power: The Surprising History of African-American Studies and the Crisis of Race in Higher Education.Rooks, associate ...

As demonstrations over killings of unarmed black people by police persist across the globe, presumably well-intentioned white allies are giving money and other gifts to Black people in a show of ...

Black Americans save but face hurdles building nest egg African Americans put money aside as much and perhaps more than white Americans, Weller says. But systemic barriers that result in ...

One source of that tension is the large financial gap between black and white Americans. The figures are staggering. A typical black household has accumulated less than one-tenth of the wealth of ...

She responded to questions from members of the audience. Noliwe Rooks talked about her book White Money/Black Power: The Surprising History of African American Studies and the Crisis of Race and ...

“I didn’t truly understand money until I got to Concord,” she ... Why This Story Matters The wealth gap between Black and white households has been especially pronounced in Dallas, affecting ...

According to a 2022 estimate from the Urban Institute, Black residents had an average net worth of $11,000; for white residents ... The team, called Money, Power, Inequality, will explore the ...