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Last summer, the American Historical Association’s former president, James H. Sweet, issued an apology. Expressing regret for “the way I have alienated some of my Black colleagues and friends,” Sweet walked back a claim he had earlier made that characterized as “anachronistic” and essentia...

A budget lets you seize control over financial chaos.

The effects — higher prices, greater competition and out-of-state landlords showing less care for properties and renters — are becoming harder to ignore as some neighborhoods are transformed.

Data analyzed by KARE 11 shows the mortgage approval gap persists even when Black applicants have similar qualifications as white applicants.

Financial literacy training helps people with low and unstable incomes chart their own destiny. Minnesota Public Radio launched a new podcast series called Small Change in late September. The series is the creation of Chris Farrell, senior economics contributor, and Twila Dang, entrepreneur and podcaster. In each segment, Farrell and Dang talk to people with low and unstable incomes to learn how they make their way in the world and to help others do the same. The first season of Smal...