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What the US’ Mass Incarceration Regime Costs Black Women

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Excessive Wealth Has Run Amok—This Must Stop

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Malik Cıl on pexels.com I’ve been a student of inequality for a long time—as a curious child and later as a sociology professor. Slavery became the economic engine of the United States, fueling wars and building industries, including agriculture, banking, small business, and manufacturing.