Latinx Families in the Golden State: When Working Hard Isn’t Enough

A new report released today by the Insight Center reveals that despite a growing economy in California, 1.6 million Latinx households in California struggle to make ends meet while working full-time at one or more jobs.

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Exploring Guaranteed Income Through A Racial And Gender Justice Lens

This new publication, co-released with the Roosevelt Institute, explores the role of guaranteed income in combating racial wealth inequalities.

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Opportunity for Every Worker

According to our report, employees with records have better retention rates and lower turnover; and yet, for too many, crushing obstacles to employment persist.

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The Payback Problem

Our new collaborative report shows that taking parents’ child support payments to pay back the cost of public assistance harms California’s low-income parents and children.

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Clipped Wings: Closing the Wealth Gap for Millienial Women

A new co-produced report reveals the current economic reality for millennial women and the primary drivers contributing to their wealth inequities.

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Color of Wealth in Miami

A recent co-authored report reveals major disparities in wealth accumulation and income across various racial and ethnic groups in metropolitan Miami.

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Past the Drought

A new report from the Insight Center draws on 2018 Family Needs Calculator (formerly the Self-Sufficiency Standard) data to examine why so many workers in California's Central Valley are struggling to afford their basic needs.

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Families Belong Together

We at the Insight Center are horrified and outraged at the Trump administration’s inhumane policy to separate children from their parents at our nation’s southern border.

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Getting Real About Racial Wealth Inequities Part 2

Watch and listen to our recorded conversation "Getting Real About Racial Wealth Inequities Part 2: Changing the Narrative and Building Power" to learn how we can reframe the conversation around racial wealth inequity.

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What We Get Wrong About Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

New report addresses ten commonly held myths about the racial wealth gap in the United States.

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The Cost of Being Californian

A new report from the Insight Center draws on new 2018 Family Needs Calculator (formerly the Self-Sufficiency Standard) data to spotlight widespread economic insecurity and inequality in California.

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Women, Race & Wealth

Women, Race and Wealth is the first in a series of briefs that summarize patterns of household wealth among Black and white women by college education, family structure and age using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID).

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11/01/2019

Episode 27: Dr. Lisa D. Cook and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

Listen to Dr. Lisa D. Cook, Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, and…

11/01/2019

A “New Normal” Fuels Instability — and Inequality — in California

By Anne Price | Medium Under a state of emergency,…

10/11/2019

Sexual Harassment isn’t a “Women’s Issue”—It’s an Economic Epidemic

By Rakeen Mabud and Jhumpa Bhattacharya Opera is dramatic and incisive, known for…

Closing the Women’s Wealth Gap: A Life Cycle Approach | December 3

The factors limiting a woman’s abilty to build and preserve…

A Dialogue on Racial/Ethnic Equity and Policy | November 22

Join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a…

We’re All In | November 13 – 14

We’re All In will be held on November 13-14, 2019…