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Race and Economy

There's more evidence that subsidized jobs boost racial equity, report finds

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham

Aug 17, 2023

"There are just a lot of positive ripple effects for communities," says Kali Grant of Georgetown, who co-wrote the updated report.

At the 1963 March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. called for a massive federal jobs program for all Americans.

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