Zachary Leiter, Author at The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:07:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Zachary Leiter, Author at The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com 32 32 163009088 Chicago’s 250 Year History of Segregation https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicagos-250-year-history-of-segregation/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicagos-250-year-history-of-segregation/#respond Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:07:53 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7847269 The first article in this series on financial disparities in Cook County, “Wealth Inequality and the Racial Wealth Gap,” discussed the extent of contemporary racial inequities in the County. Black and Latinx Cook County residents are more likely to be financially vulnerable than Black and Latinx individuals elsewhere in the country, and significantly less likely […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicagos-250-year-history-of-segregation/feed/ 0 7847269 Wealth Inequality and the Racial Wealth Gap: New study shows Cook County residents wealth disparity, and the problem is far worse for the Black and Latinx population https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wealth-inequality-and-the-racial-wealth-gap-new-study-shows-cook-county-residents-wealth-disparity-and-the-problem-is-far-worse-for-the-black-and-latinx-population/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wealth-inequality-and-the-racial-wealth-gap-new-study-shows-cook-county-residents-wealth-disparity-and-the-problem-is-far-worse-for-the-black-and-latinx-population/#respond Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:37:38 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7846890 Cook County residents experience high financial stress at more than twice the national rate, a new study by Financial Health Network finds.      Published in January, the study looked at eight measures of financial health and vulnerability for Cook County residents across all racial and ethnic groups.  The findings show that although white Cook County […]

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