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In Manchester, groundbreaking economics courses are giving locals the means to challenge some of society’s received wisdom – for free.

A sweeping plan to reform the federal government could be considered an effort to undo the New Deal with a single org chart.

Will tax incentives really encourage investors to help revitalize low-income communities? Research on similar efforts from the past suggests otherwise.

According to a new study from New America, African Americans and Latinx incur more bank account costs and fees than whites even when dealing with small financial institutions.

President Trump and Congress continue to chip away at regulations for financial institutions, arguing, in part, that these moves will support small and community banks.

Four years after Michael Brown was shot by police, the neighborhood where he was killed still feels left behind

The Trump administration is citing an endorsement from unlikely source — former President Barack Obama — as it touts a plan to reorganize the federal government.

Everyday people should support lawmakers, activists and public-interest technologists in demanding transparency, equity and accountability in the use of artificial intelligence that governs our lives.

First lady Melania Trump on Thursday made a surprise trip to Texas to meet immigrant children separated from their families due to the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.

New technology using artificial intelligence is meant to take race and gender bias out of hiring, but it could backfire.

Minimum opening deposits and other fees associated with checking accounts are significantly higher in black and Latino neighborhoods.

Only a fraction of the pledges for Ferguson reached the neediest parts of town. All the corporate goodwill – and millions in investments — were not enough to overcome a long legacy of racial discrimination and economic exclusion. Residents of Canfield Green, where Brown was shot and killed, say they feel abandoned.

Joseph Otting, comptroller of the currency, is leading an effort to revamp the Community Reinvestment Act, which penalizes banks that discriminate against borrowers.

A black man has been president of the United States. So why, then, do so many find it hard to believe that a black woman owns a yarn shop in brownstone Brooklyn?