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A Call for Racial and Gender Equity on Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
Commentary Race & Inequality

A Call for Racial and Gender Equity on Black Women’s Equal Pay Day

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August 13, 2020
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Tags: wealth gap, gender inequality, black women, wealth inequality, gender wage gap, racial income gap, equal pay, equal pay day, racial inequality

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No Ramp Out: The Payday Loan Hole of the Disability Community

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July 30, 2026By Laura Valle Gutierrez, Jaimie Worker, Kathy Mendes and Julie Kashen
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Power Failure: Rising Energy Debt Is Climbing into the Middle Class

July 21, 2026 — By The Century Foundation, Protect Borrowers, Angela Hanks, Aissa Canchola Bañez and Eduard Nilaj
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No Longer Left Behind by Design: How to Fight the Black Women’s Pay Gap in 2026

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