Tag: race

Caregiver with senior African-American man in kitchen

It’s been well documented that the COVID recession and layoffs in 2020 were particularly hard on Black, Hispanic, and Latino Americans. But if they had a disabling physical and medical condition, they felt it much more. In a new study examining the cumulative impact of having a disability combined with the disadvantages of being an…

new years resolutions series

The racial disparities embedded in our work, retirement, and government systems will be front and center at the annual meeting of a national research consortium. One of the presentations at the online meeting on Aug. 4 and 5 will explore the impact of wealth and income inequality on Black and Latinx workers at a tim…