Why Is the US Racial Wealth Gap Widening?

The racial wealth gap in the US has actually started to widen in recent decades, researchers say.

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Claire Suddath is a senior writer for Bloomberg News’ Equality team. She covers topics ranging from women in the workplace to race and equity initiatives. You can subscribe here, and share feedback with me here.

Hello, and welcome back to the Equality newsletter. This week, I am going to parse through the latest census data on US household income. But first...