State of the Dream 2004: Enduring Disparities in Black and White
Enduring Disparities looks at the economic outcomes that continue to maintain the racial wealth gap.
View ArticleState of the Dream 2005: Disowned in the Ownership Society
Disowned in the Ownership Society looks at the disparate views of what an ownership society looks like.
View ArticleState of the Dream 2006: Stalling the Dream
Stalling the Dream looks at the role of the racial wealth divide in decreasing resilience during moments of crisis.
View ArticleState of the Dream 2007: Voting Blue, Staying in the Red
Voting Blue, Staying in the Red explores the impact of the new Democratically controlled Congress.
View ArticleState of the Dream 2008: Foreclosed
This 2008 report examines the racial bias of the subprime mortgage lending crisis, and the devastating wealth loss to people of color that has resulted.
View ArticleState of the Dream 2009: The Silent Depression
The Silent Depression explores the silent economic depression that affects communities of color – one that has gone unacknowledged and unaddressed.
View ArticleState of the Dream 2010: Drained
Drained highlights the shortcomings of colorblind policies and the urgent need for targeted strategies geared toward lifting up the communities in most need.
View ArticleState of the Dream 2011: Austerity for Whom?
Austerity for Whom? surveys the impacts of a tax-cutting, government-shrinking economic agenda – as prescribed by Republican leadership with Tea Party allies – on communities of color.
View ArticleFlip it to Fix It
MAY 25, 2011: At the core of the budget crisis facing states are regressive state tax structures that are unfair, unsound, and unsustainable by design. A report released today by United for a Fair...
View ArticleState of the Dream 2012: The Emerging Majority
The Emerging Majority measures the impacts of the past thirty years of public policy on the racial divide, examining a host of social and economic indicators, including income, wealth, poverty, health...
View ArticleState of the Dream 2013: A Long Way From Home
UFE's tenth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day report shows that the racial wealth divide remains and tells the story of how the Great Recession took a greater economic toll on Black and Latino...
View ArticleState of the Dream 2014: Healthcare for Whom?
Healthcare for Whom explores the racial economic implications of one of the most important human rights issues and public policy debates of the day: healthcare.
View ArticleState of the Dream 2015: Underbanked and Overcharged
Unbanked and Overcharged looks at the banking industry from the perspective of low-wage workers and people of color. This groundbreaking report finds that over one in five households (mostly Black,...
View ArticleThe US Financial Transactions Tax: A Primer
What do Bill Gates, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, have in common? All of these...
View ArticleState of the Dream 2017: Mourning in America
In 1984, the re-election campaign of Ronald Reagan released an ad with the opening line, “It's morning again in America.” While this ad embodied a momentary sense of optimism, forty years of neoliberal...
View ArticleI Didn’t Do It Alone
I Didn't Do It Alone: Society's Contribution to Individual Wealth and Success, spotlights successful entrepreneurs and concludes that the myth of self-made success is destructive to the social and...
View ArticleBorn on Third Base
Born on Third Base: What the Forbes 400 Really Says About Economic Equality & Opportunity in America looks at what's missing from the annual Forbes 400 list. Learn how Forbes spins a misleading...
View ArticleState of the Dream 2019: The Perfect Storm
When natural disasters strike, weather systems and unjust economic systems compound to cause devastation for people of color, in particular, while generating economic opportunity for the wealthy few....
View ArticleState of the Dream 2020
All people deserve the kind of economic security wealth provides, but numerous practices and policies have worked to limit the accumulation of wealth for women, and particularly women of color....
View ArticleExecutive Excess Reports (2001-2008)
In the early to mid 2000s, our annual Labor Day report (with the Institute for Policy Studies) compared average CEO pay to the pay of an average US worker and looks at related issues and possible...
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