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The Recovery’s Racial Divide

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Michelle Mizner
Sarah Moughty

August 1, 2016

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The American economy is recovering, but not everyone has felt it equally. The wealth gap between black and white households has grown dramatically, and is now the widest it’s been in nearly three decades. Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal explains why, in the latest video for our “How the Deck Is Stacked” collaboration with Marketplace and PBS NewsHour.

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Michelle Mizner.
Michelle Mizner

Senior Documentary Editor & Producer, FRONTLINE

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