published Feb 13th 2017, 5:00 am, by Mark Whitehouse (Bloomberg View) —Over the past few decades, black Americans have gained on whites in a lot of areas, including education, two-parent families and employment. Sadly, that doesn’t appear to have helped them erase what may be the most important disparity: wealth.

©2015 Bloomberg News NOMKWC6K50Y0 (Bloomberg) — Los Angeles is set to become the largest American metropolis to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour, in a decision its top labor official said should inspire other large U.S. cities to follow suit. The City Council Tuesday voted to raise the