Income Gap

Rung for Women wants women from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to have the same access to jobs, education and financial success.

St. Louis Nonprofit To Help Low-Income Women Gain Income And Stability

Andrea Y. Henderson

A St. Louis nonprofit plans a six-month training program to help low-income women gain financial stability. Rung for Women will offer 120 women financial literacy classes, health and wellness sessions and career counseling.

Every day is an exercise in tight decisions for Corey Robinson. “If you only make $8.50, you gotta use your money wisely,” he said. “Do you feel like eating today, or do you feel like getting on the bus?”

Government, Politics & Issues

'I was too black:' Discrimination, segregation perpetuate income inequality in St. Louis

Kae M. Petrin

On his first job out of college as a corrections officer for St. Louis County in 1984, Perez Maxwell noticed that no black men had social work roles. When…

Kyra Sanders, 13, holds a handwritten sign as she lines up without about 20 others to bring attention to a new non-profit that wants to bring jobs and businesses to a strip mall in north St. Louis County.

Government, Politics & Issues

Can a revamped strip mall in Dellwood make a difference for kids?

A former Democratic campaign manager is partnering with a Greendale resident to start a new non-profit in Ferguson called Communities in Unity.Damion…

Government, Politics & Issues

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…

Economy & Business

Clay: African Americans need more economic opportunities

African Americans continue to face long-term and persistent inequities when it comes to employment, income and wealth, according to a report by the…

Economy & Business

Study: Missouri's low-income kids today have less opportunity to climb out of poverty

A new study shows low-income children in Missouri will have a harder time getting ahead compared with their wealthier peers than those in past decades.The…

Government, Politics & Issues

Commentary: Income inequality rewards creativity

R.W. Hafer

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 20, 2013: The disparity in income between the top 1 percent and the other 99 percent fueled the…

Government, Politics & Issues

'Class warfare' or common sense? Obama's tax plans given slim chance in Congress

Rob Koenig

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 29, 2012 - WASHINGTON - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett thinks he should pay more taxes.…