The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the economic and social realities of our communities, further highlighting an already weak...
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President Joe Biden’s bipartisan, $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, if passed, will be the largest federal investment into...
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Our work at Ichor is driven by communities. Developing a nuanced understanding of underserved areas in a city and the key issues communities...
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For centuries, Black Americans have been unable to create or pass down generational wealth, due to policies systemically created and...
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Tell us about your previous experience as a community health worker. Prior to joining Ichor, I worked with Bronx Community Health Network,...
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Franchised businesses have always played a fundamental role in the economy. More than 60 percent of all jobs added annually in the U.S. occur...
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Last summer, many companies began to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, giving their workers time off for a day that’s been celebrated...
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One of the first initiatives of the new Biden Administration is a $2 trillion Federal infrastructure bill. No matter which side of the...
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This article was originally posted on MarketWatch.com On May 25, 2020, the brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis sent shock waves...
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The world changed as we knew it when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020. With this...
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Fintech companies have entered the mainstream with promises of leveraging technology to address financial exclusion. However, increasing...
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Last month, the country watched as severe weather thrust Texas’s electrical grid into a colossal tailspin. While it may take years to fully...
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When I worked on Capitol Hill, each year we would see a new push to increase the minimum wage that would struggle to secure the needed...
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The civil unrest from the summer of 2020 continues to make waves in 2021 and has revealed a desire from stakeholders to see companies take a...
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This year, many financial institutions are looking for ways to show their shareholders, customers and employees how they are following through...
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The news that Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca have each developed effective COVID-19 vaccines offers an end to the pandemic. However, there...
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Joe Biden will soon be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. The much-discussed “blue wave” neglected to materialize, so a...
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In a normal presidential cycle, pundits rely on three things to make predictions: 1) polling 2) voter registration data and 3) past...
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A recent article in The New York Times details the difficulty of recruiting Black and Latinx volunteers to participate in COVID-19 vaccine...
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Schools are facing unprecedented challenges this fall, prompted by difficult decisions about when and how to physically reopen. The pandemic...
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