Racial Disparities
How well off are Asians in this country? It depends on how you look at it. The wealth of a typical U.S. household of Asian descent is $536,000 – or nearly two times the wealth of a typical White household – according to the Federal Reserve’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances, the first in its…
A new study finds that Social Security is more valuable to Black retirees than to Whites – despite the fact that Blacks have shorter lives and receive monthly benefits for fewer years of retirement. The main reason Black retirees get more value from the program boils down to something that is crucial for a tru…
