The COVID-19 pandemic threatened the economic stability of workers worldwide. According to Pew Research , 25 million people lost their jobs in the U.S. between February and April 2020. However, while it took years for America’s employment level to bounce back, a recent report published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System found that many American households saw a 37% increase in wealth from 2019 to 2022 after inflation. Unfortunately, lower-income, Black households didn’t enjoy the same upswing. A new Pew Research study found that contrary to other less affluent households, debt in lower-income Black households is still a significant problem. According to the report, lower-income Black households reduced their debt from $10,100 to $4,000 from 2019 to 2021. The majority of these households still retained a significant amount of debt, unlike their white, Hispanic, and Asian counterparts. In addition, around one in four Black households had no wealth or were in debt...