web02.fireside.fm Tue, 19 May 2026 11:23:10 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Wisconsin Watch - Episodes Tagged with “Racial Wealth Gap” https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/tags/racial%20wealth%20gap Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:00:00 -0400 The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that reports on government accountability and quality of life issues, like education, the economy and the environment. It’s more important to us to get the story right than it is to be first and we believe in collaborating, not competing, with other news outlets. Not only can you find our stories on WisconsinWatch.org, but we give all of our reports away for free to hundreds of other news organizations. We are excited to start sharing our reports in audio form and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts! en-us episodic From the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Wisconsin Watch The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that reports on government accountability and quality of life issues, like education, the economy and the environment. It’s more important to us to get the story right than it is to be first and we believe in collaborating, not competing, with other news outlets. Not only can you find our stories on WisconsinWatch.org, but we give all of our reports away for free to hundreds of other news organizations. We are excited to start sharing our reports in audio form and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts! no Wisconsin, news, investigative Wisconsin Watch info@wisconsinwatch.org Could ‘baby bonds’ close Wisconsin’s racial wealth gap? https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/baby-bonds d07b4296-0439-4cd8-830d-eeaef271c0a7 Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:00:00 -0400 Wisconsin Watch full Wisconsin Watch Setting aside government money at birth for all children has been tried both inside and outside of the United States — and even in Wisconsin. Not everyone is a fan. 19:11 no <p>A program of Wisconsin's Ho-Chunk Nation grants members large sums of money upon reaching adulthood — often allowing young adults to get a leg up in their financial lives. Similar programs, known as "baby bonds," have been floated in recent years as a possible solution to racial wealth gaps. Could it work?</p> <p>Reporting by Ben Baker and Zhen Wang. Originally published August 5, 2021. </p> Wisconsin A program of Wisconsin's Ho-Chunk Nation grants members large sums of money upon reaching adulthood — often allowing young adults to get a leg up in their financial lives. Similar programs, known as "baby bonds," have been floated in recent years as a possible solution to racial wealth gaps. Could it work?

Reporting by Ben Baker and Zhen Wang. Originally published August 5, 2021.

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]]> A program of Wisconsin's Ho-Chunk Nation grants members large sums of money upon reaching adulthood — often allowing young adults to get a leg up in their financial lives. Similar programs, known as "baby bonds," have been floated in recent years as a possible solution to racial wealth gaps. Could it work?

Reporting by Ben Baker and Zhen Wang. Originally published August 5, 2021.

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