Policy to Pocket

Explainers showing how policy decisions, public programs, budgets, and institutional choices affect everyday economic outcomes.

Ghana Wants to Protect Cocoa. Farmers Say the New Law Could Strip Them of Control Over Their Own Land.

Ghana’s new cocoa legislation aims to protect a vital export industry, but farmers warn that restrictions on land conversion could…

3 weeks ago

Black Adults Are in Their Weakest Financial Position in Nearly a Decade

Black financial well-being fell to its lowest level since 2015. The decline among college graduates shows why education and labor…

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…

1 month 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

UNCF Is Choosing Its Next Leader. The Decision Will Shape Who Controls HBCU Capital.

Michael L. Lomax’s planned 2027 retirement opens a succession process at one of Black America’s most important education-capital institutions. The…

2 months ago

AI Scammers Are Weaponizing Black Community Trust. What Protects the Money?

Artificial intelligence is making trusted identities easier to imitate. For Black families, churches, businesses, and community organizations, scam prevention is…

2 months ago

The Cost of Getting Answers: Nolan Wells, Private Autopsies, and the Price of Justice

Nolan Wells’ death is a tragedy first. But the response around his family shows a larger economic truth: when trust…

2 months ago

South Africa May Drive Out Migrant Workers—and Weaken the Economy It Claims to Protect

Anti-migrant campaigns are framing African workers and entrepreneurs as economic threats. Economists warn the backlash could reduce labor supply, disrupt…

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…

2 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…

2 months ago

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