The Racial Wealth Gap A Brief History Imaginary places it’s a magical train seeming

it’s a magical train seeming to carry very rare and special cargo: a sense of purpose

and stay reflective even when they're dirty

captured video of a young man pacing back and forth on a high balcony of Riverwalk

He's sacrificed almost everything he cares about

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Snow Child returns to the mythical landscapes of Alaska with an unforgettable dark fairy tale that asks the question: Can love save us from ourselves

The Racial Wealth Gap A Brief History Imaginary places it’s a magical train seemingBy: Mehrsa Baradaran Published by W. W. Norton, Incorporated, 2026 02 03 Why does the median white household hold six times as much wealth as the median Black one? This sweeping yet accessible history by a leading expert on financial inequality shows how decades of laws rooted in white supremacy from slavery and the broken Reconstruction era promise of "40 acres and a mule" to the policies of the Jim Crow and New Deal eras have restricted Black access