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Black Business Month: Guava banking app aims to close the racial wealth gap
Kelly Ifill, CEO and founder of Guava, discusses how the community banking app helps Black small business owners gain access to capital and overcome unique…
Cost-of-living crisis
A new study suggests the wage many people earn does not nearly cover the amount needed for basic necessities, including child care. And the gender…
By the Numbers: Americans being held abroad | ABCNL
Here is a look at Americans imprisoned abroad, their sentences and the challenges to bring them back home. ABC News Live Prime, Weekdays at 7EST…
By the Numbers: Gender and race wage gaps
A new study breaks down the wage gaps between groups for Americans earning less than $15 an hour. ABC News Live Prime, Weekdays at 7…
Soccer stars speak out on gender discrimination
Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe tell “GMA” why the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team is suing the United States Soccer Federation for equal pay. source
Biden in Oklahoma to honor those who died in Tulsa Race Massacre
President Joe Biden announced new plans to combat the racial wealth gap and reinvest in disadvantaged communities. On May 31, 1921, a white mob stormed…
Tuesday marks Equal Pay Day for Black women
The average Black American woman has to work eight months longer to make up the pay gap between them and their white male counterparts. SUBSCRIBE…
Houston looks to overcome high rates of adult illiteracy
ABC News’ Zohreen Shah reports on the alarming literacy rates in Houston, where one in three adults is functionally illiterate, and looks at programs working…
Record number of migrant children making treacherous trek
UNICEF’s president discusses the perilous journey that record numbers of migrant children are taking through the Darien Gap, who are among thousands making their way…
Thursday is Latina Equal Pay Day
President and Founder of Justice for Migrant Women, Monica Ramirez, discusses the movement working to close the pay gap for Latin women. #LatinaEqualPayDay #paygap #JusticeforMigrantWomen…
Boy falls into gap between train and platform
Surveillance footage shows the heart-stopping moment a boy falls into a gap between a train and a platform at a station in Sydney, Australia. #ABCNews…
Gap, Kohl’s, Macy’s to furlough workers due to coronavirus downturn
The companies are the latest retailers to announce the furlough of employees. BREAKING NEWS UPDATES: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Coronavirus SUBSCRIBE to ABC NEWS: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP Watch More on http://abcnews.go.com/…
South Korean company aims to fill gap in testing supply
A South Korean company claims it will be able to ship 20 million tests abroad by the end of the month, as the United States…
Bridging the Black economic gap
ABC News’ Deirdre Bolton reports on the app Goalsetter trying to help Black youth build savings and financial knowledge. ABC News Live Prime, Weekdays at…
By the Numbers: Millennials falling farther behind other generations
Millennials own just 4.6% of America’s wealth, while Baby Boomers own 53%, and that wealth gap is growing. source
