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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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05/21/2019