/tags/wealth-gap Wealth Gap en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:12:38 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2024-10-15/st-louis-reparations-commission-recommends-grants-and-policy-reforms-in-final-report The St. Louis Reparations Commission issued its final report Tuesday. The report includes recommendations for recognition and restitution for racial injustices in policing, education, housing, health and community. Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:12:38 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2024-10-15/st-louis-reparations-commission-recommends-grants-and-policy-reforms-in-final-report Andrea Y. Henderson /economy-business/2023-01-25/investment-fund-for-black-and-latino-owned-businesses-gains-support-from-bjc-healthcare BJC’s investment, along with others, brings the WEPOWER Capital’s total to $1.5 million and will go to high-growth, St. Louis-area Black- and Latino-owned businesses. Wed, 25 Jan 2023 23:06:46 GMT /economy-business/2023-01-25/investment-fund-for-black-and-latino-owned-businesses-gains-support-from-bjc-healthcare Eric Schmid /economy-business/2022-05-11/inflation-may-be-easing-but-low-income-people-are-still-paying-the-steepest-prices The annual inflation rate eased somewhat in April, but not enough to meaningfully reduce the burden on lower-income Americans. Wed, 11 May 2022 10:37:02 GMT /economy-business/2022-05-11/inflation-may-be-easing-but-low-income-people-are-still-paying-the-steepest-prices Scott Horsley /economy-business/2022-01-26/how-wealth-inequality-shapes-life-in-the-st-louis-region © 2024 �������� is taking the next year to unpack how wealth inequality impacts our region in a series of stories. Here’s your guide to understanding the basics. Wed, 26 Jan 2022 12:12:59 GMT /economy-business/2022-01-26/how-wealth-inequality-shapes-life-in-the-st-louis-region Corinne Ruff /education/2021-12-01/black-college-grads-sought-degrees-as-tickets-to-success-now-theyre-buried-in-debt When it comes to the wealth gap, a college degree “doesn’t serve as an equalizer among Black and white families,” said Lowell Ricketts, a data scientist with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:22:44 GMT /education/2021-12-01/black-college-grads-sought-degrees-as-tickets-to-success-now-theyre-buried-in-debt Niara Savage /government-politics-issues/2021-10-19/reparations-local-policies-federal-payments St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is one of a dozen U.S. mayors calling for local reparations to address the racial wealth gap by ending racist policies. Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:15:59 GMT /government-politics-issues/2021-10-19/reparations-local-policies-federal-payments Chad Davis /economy-business/2019-10-21/a-few-thousand-dollars-author-proposes-a-way-to-close-wealth-gap-in-st-louis St. Louis civic leaders will come together Tuesday for a public discussion about shrinking the wealth gap.A 2019 Institute for Policy Studies report found… Mon, 21 Oct 2019 21:04:47 GMT /economy-business/2019-10-21/a-few-thousand-dollars-author-proposes-a-way-to-close-wealth-gap-in-st-louis Andrea Smith /politics-issues/2019-01-14/rise-of-the-super-rich-population-changes-drive-racial-wealth-gap-report-says A new report focusing on the racial dimensions of inequality in America connects the richest 10 percent of households getting richer and the wealth of the… Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:01 GMT /politics-issues/2019-01-14/rise-of-the-super-rich-population-changes-drive-racial-wealth-gap-report-says Holly Edgell /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-05-11/federal-reserve-weighs-in-on-income-wealth-gap Bill Emmons and Bryan Noeth, senior economic adviser and policy analyst at the St. Louis Fed’s Center for Household Financial Stability joined “St. Louis… Mon, 11 May 2015 21:45:59 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-05-11/federal-reserve-weighs-in-on-income-wealth-gap