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Web

• Impact of Payday Loans
  • Payday Loans Costs Economy $1 Billion in 2011: Study. CNBC. May 2, 2013.
  • 4 Ways the Payday Loan Industry Sucks Billions From Local Economies (Hard Times USA). Alternet. May 2, 2013.
• Cracking the Unemployment Puzzle: Why Sector Initiatives Matter. The Huffington Post. October 22, 2012
• Older and More Diverse: America's Multicultural Future is Approaching Fast, But Are We Ready? The Huffington Post. July 25, 2012.
• Solving the Struggle of Older Workers, The Huffington Post. June 5, 2012.

Print

• "A Generation of Black Youth Is Losing Its Future in the Jobs Crisis" ColorLines Magazine, November 18, 2010
• “Savings Pushed by IDAs.” Madison County Herald. June 24, 2010.
• “Basic Needs Too Costly for Many.” Clarion Ledger. June 17, 2010.
• “Report: Lee County Families Struggle More Than Estimated.” Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. June 13, 2010.
• “Report Finds Struggling Households in Hinds County.” Jackson Free Press. June 10, 2010.
• “How to Succeed in Life.” The Oxford Eagle. June 9, 2010.
• “Report: Nearly 1 in 3 Miss. Households Struggling.” Associated Press. June 9, 2010.
• “Report: Nearly 1 in 3 Miss. Households Struggling.” Connecticut Post. June 9, 2010.
• “Report: Nearly 1 in 3 Miss. Households Struggling.” Laurel-Leader Call. June 9, 2010.
• “Across the USA: News from Every State.” USA Today. June 9, 2010.
• “New Report Lists What Families Need to Make Ends Meet.” WBLT 3. June 9, 2010.
• “Report: Nearly 1 in 3 Miss. Households Struggling.” Clarion Ledger. June 9, 2010.
• “County Poverty Rate is Higher than State Average.” Starkville Daily News. February 28, 2010.
   

Television and Radio Broadcast

• "Remaking America: From Poverty to Prosperity". Tavis Smiley. January 12, 2012

  Broadcaster Tavis Smiley convened a panel, sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the AARP Foundation, of thought leaders and advocates to explore how to restore prosperity in America. Panelists include Roger A. Clay, Jr, President, Insight Center for Community Economic Development, Cornel West, author and professor at Princeton University; Suze Orman, financial advisor and television host; Michael Moore, filmmaker; and Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.

• “Federal Poverty Formula Outdated". ABC Channel 7 News. October 4, 2011.
• “New Report Lists What Families Need to Make Ends Meet.” WBLT 3 and WLOX 13. June 9, 2010.

Press Releases

• Transition of Roger Clay, February 20, 2013

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative

• Social Security Modernization Efforts to Focus on the Needs of a "Majority-Minority" Population, October 13, 2011
• National Multi-Racial, Multi-Ethnic Coalition Demands U.S. Senate Enact Strong Financial Reforms And Close America’s Racial Wealth Gap
• National Policy Summit Seeks to Close America's Racial Wealth Gap.
• Members of Congress Support the National Color of Wealth Policy Summit's Goal of Closing American's Racial Wealth Gap

National Network of Sector Partners

• Investing in FrontlineWorkers Increases Bottom Line in Tough Economy, August 11, 2010