In June, we released A Policy Agenda to Close the Racial Wealth Gap, a collection of 37 policies in seven categories selected by the members of the Experts of Color Network. One of them, guaranteed government jobs, caught the eye of Sean McElwee, a Demos researcher and columnist for Salon.com, who mentioned it in his piece together with supporting evidence from other organizations about why this policy can advance economic security for all.
A recent survey of 200 leading economic security experts by the Center for Global Policy Solutions finds that 91 percent say that job creation is important for closing the racial wealth gap. The report recommends a National Investment Employment Corps, guaranteeing jobs with an annual salary of $23,000.
Read the column on Salon.com.
