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Category: Color of Money

Color of Money is a Wisconsin Watch series examining the state’s stark racial disparities in wealth and income. How did we get here? And what can be done to narrow this wealth and income gap — and a declining standard of living for Black residents? Students in a University of Wisconsin-Madison investigative reporting class led by Wisconsin Watch Managing Editor Dee J. Hall delved into these questions and more.

Posted inColor of Money

A national debt: Should government compensate for slavery and racism?

by Molly Carmichael / Wisconsin Watch and Martha Daniels / Wisconsin Watch September 2nd, 2021October 12th, 2021 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

Evanston, Illinois is compensating victims of housing discrimination. Big questions remain about whether and how reparations should be handled.

Posted inColor of Money, Economy

Wisconsin cities look to basic income to close racial, other wealth gaps

by Harrison Freuck / Wisconsin Watch and Zhen Wang / Wisconsin Watch August 14th, 2021August 31st, 2021
Posted inColor of Money, Economy

Could ‘baby bonds’ close Wisconsin’s racial wealth gap?

by Ben Baker / Wisconsin Watch and Zhen Wang / Wisconsin Watch August 5th, 2021August 17th, 2021
Posted inColor of Money, Economy

Raising Wisconsin’s minimum wage would significantly cut poverty. So why is it still $7.25?

by Molly Davis / Wisconsin Watch and Gretchen Gerlach / Wisconsin Watch July 20th, 2021August 31st, 2021
Posted inColor of Money, Economy

Homeownership gap for people of color in Wisconsin is wide; communities, nonprofits try to close it

by Gaby Vinick and Alexa Chatham / Wisconsin Watch June 12th, 2021August 3rd, 2021
Posted inColor of Money, Economy

What Wisconsin homeowners (and those who want to be) should know

by PrincessSafiya Byers / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service June 12th, 2021June 9th, 2021
Posted inColor of Money, Economy, Health & Welfare

Convictions bar Wisconsinites from many jobs, making re-entry ‘a real struggle’

by Sonya Chechik and Kirien Sprecher / Wisconsin Watch May 29th, 2021May 27th, 2021
Posted inColor of Money

A Milwaukee man explains how his college debt spiraled out of control — and how to avoid a similar fate

by Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Watch May 25th, 2021June 2nd, 2021
Posted inColor of Money, Economy, Education

Drop out or drown in debt? Many Black students in Wisconsin face stark choices in paying for college

by Alyssa Huglen / Wisconsin Watch May 15th, 2021June 8th, 2021
Posted inColor of Money, News about Wisconsin Watch

Wisconsin Watch’s Color of Money series probes racial wealth and income gap in Wisconsin

by Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Watch May 14th, 2021May 17th, 2021

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