Black Americans were dying from COVID-19 at higher rates and receiving relief money at lower rates. Congress had a narrow window to change that, and I used my column in American Banker to show lawmakers how.

The New Marshall Plan gives them a blueprint: free education from kindergarten through college, financial literacy in every school, tax credits and federal contracting rules that open up jobs, and CRA and Opportunity Zone reforms that move capital into our communities.

Read the full op-ed in American Banker.

Source: American Banker, June 10, 2020.