Wealth Gap

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.

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.

The annual inflation rate eased somewhat in April, but not enough to meaningfully reduce the burden on lower-income Americans.

St. Louis Public Radio 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.

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.

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.

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…

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…

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…