Policy to Pocket

Plain-language analysis of laws, public money, institutional decisions, regulation, and policy shifts that affect Black economic futures.

Nearly $300 Million for Community Lenders Could Disappear September 30. What Happens to the Credit Behind It?

A federal lawsuit seeks to protect funding for lenders serving underserved communities. The stakes extend beyond federal grants to small-business…

3 days ago

Memphis Lost Power. Black Communities Supplied the Backup System Themselves.

An $18 million restoration bill tells only part of the story. The August outage exposed who absorbs the economic losses…

3 weeks ago

The U.S. Is Outsourcing Deportations to Liberia. Who Pays for the Burden?

Liberia will accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. The unanswered economic question is who pays the administrative…

1 month ago

Who Gets to Become a Doctor? The Economic Stakes Behind the DOJ’s Medical School Investigations

Federal scrutiny of race-conscious admissions is colliding with a physician pipeline in which Black matriculation has already declined, raising a…

1 month ago

Lina Khan Is Entering New York City’s Development Machine. Who Gets the Land, Contracts, and Upside?

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan will help govern an agency with influence over city property, business incentives and billions in…

2 months ago

If Workplace Race Data Disappears, Discrimination Becomes Harder to See—and Harder to Prove

The EEOC is considering ending standardized workplace demographic reporting. The change could save employers money while making systemic racial discrimination…

2 months ago

The U.S. Is Paying Eswatini to Absorb Deportees. That Is an Economic Arrangement.

Eleven more deportees have arrived in Eswatini under a $5.1 million agreement, raising questions about public money, detention control, and…

3 months ago

Birthright Citizenship Is a Fight Over Who Gets Access to America’s Economic System

Trump wants the Supreme Court to revisit a ruling that protected birthright citizenship. The legal fight is about the 14th…

3 months ago

Ending Haitian TPS Is an Economic Shock, Not Just an Immigration Ruling

The Supreme Court’s decision puts work authorization, housing stability, caregiving jobs and remittance networks at risk for hundreds of thousands…

3 months ago

Who Controls Black Public History? ATAC Says the Philadelphia Memorial Fight Is Not Over

The Third Circuit limited Philadelphia’s authority over the President’s House exhibit, but ATAC says the fight to protect the full…

3 months ago

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