Maggie and John Anderson were successful African American professionals raising two daughters in a tony suburb of Chicago. But they felt uneasy over their good fortune. Most African Americans live in economically starved neighborhoods. Black wealth is about one tenth...
As the cost of a college education continues to increase at a rate of about 9% annuallynearly three times the rate of inflationmore and more college students are taking out loans to cover tuition, fees, and other expenses. Median undergraduate...