Poverty rates in these neighborhoods are ... whose homes tend to cluster around the industrial sites. “People of color in Richmond live on average ten years less than white people living in ...

Fewer than 500 people, nearly all Latino, live in this long-neglected town with no sidewalks, street lights, parks or playgrounds. More than half live below the poverty level. The struggle to find ...

After allegations of a toxic workplace culture that discriminates against women and people of color, the Southern Poverty Law Center is trying to emerge and chart a way forward. Turmoil in the ...

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits continue to play a key role in reducing elderly poverty, especially among women and people of color. If Social Security benefits did not ...

Systemic racism plays a significant role in why most people living in poverty are people of color. Poverty is related to social, cultural, and interpersonal discrimination (Sue & Sue, 2016).

People of color will likely face the brunt of negative ... many people are struggling with the multifaceted injustices in poverty, health care and stability. Amanda Furdge talks about the contrast ...

Systemic racism and discrimination are forms of systemic oppression found to be root causes of poverty and hunger in the United States. Systemic racism is a form of violence that places or keeps ...

Browne described period poverty as “a public health issue when women, girls, people who menstruate, don’t have access to menstrual health products, including pads, tampons, panty liners.” ...

People of color in the US face heightened risks of ... Katrina ended up forcing many Black families out of the city. “Poverty should not hinder survival from disasters. Being a person that ...