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How Natural Disasters Widen the Wealth Gap


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ThinkProgress recently published a story on research that finds wealth inequality dramatically increases between white communities and communities of color in the U.S. following a natural disaster. Communities of color lose up to $29,000 on average in personal wealth following events like hurricanes and wildfires. Read the full story here.



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