Taxes and Budget

United Nations says solving extreme inequality, poverty will require USA to 'get real about taxes'

Deliberate public policy decisions, including a cavalier and unrealistic approach to taxation, are driving preventable inequality and poverty in the United States. That’s according to a recently […]

Mario Moretto

Posted July 18, 2018

Tags Poverty, Racial Equity, Taxes

Education

New program aims to educate about race

The Maine Center for Economic Policy found in 2014 that blacks and African Americans in Maine have some of the highest rates of poverty in the country. […]

Portland Press Herald

Posted September 29, 2017

Tags Education, Inequality, Racial Equity

Maine’s Economy

Testimony in Support of LD 1008, An Act To Establish the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Populations

Maine’s economic future hinges on our ability to attract, retain, and maximize the contributions of racial and ethnic populations. Relative to other states and nations, Maine is […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted April 3, 2017

Tags Racial Equity

Jobs and Income

Minority Population Share, 2000-14 in Maine's Major Labor Markets (bar chart)

Mark Sullivan

Posted May 27, 2016

Tags Jobs, Racial Equity

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

State Unemployment Rates by Race & Ethnicity

New data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal that racial disparities regarding employment persist across the country, including in Maine. This is a topic which […]

James Myall

Posted March 11, 2016

Tags Economy, Inequality, Racial Equity, Unemployment

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy

Census Bureau Data: Poverty among Blacks and African Americans in Maine Is the Highest in the Nation

One of every two black and African American Mainers and one-third of Maine’s Native Americans live in poverty Augusta, Maine (Monday, September 22, 2014) The poverty rate […]

Posted September 22, 2014

Tags Inequality, Poverty, Racial Equity

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