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Kristin Myers is a senior writer at Yahoo Finance and an anchor of Yahoo Finance Live. She hosts the politics-focused 1pm ET hour of Yahoo Finance Live each weekday. She is also one of the creators and hosts of “A Time for Change,” a weekly half-hour program that explores race, diversity, and inclusion in the world of business, finance, politics, and beyond. As a journalist, Kristin specializes in the intersection of politics, race, and finance. Before joining Yahoo, she helped launch Al Jazeera America, and worked at Bloomberg News and NBC News.
Yahoo FinanceChauvin was convicted but we still need to transform policing: former NAACP president
Former NAACP President Ben Jealous says Black people are "canaries in the coal mine" when it comes to authoritarian police in America.
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US needs to ‘increase the legal avenues for migration,’ says former Secretary of Homeland Security
Former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano spoke with Yahoo Finance about comprehensive immigration reform.
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Universal Basic Income in Oakland is the first program to prioritize people of color
Oakland, Calif. Mayor Libby Schaaf spoke with Yahoo Finance about the city's Universal Basic Income pilot program that will target residents of color.
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NFL player Taylor Rapp is selling NFTs to help fight anti-Asian hate
LA Rams' Taylor Rapp speaks with Yahoo Finance about selling NFTs to fight anti Asian hate.
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Evanston reparations are ‘incremental step forward,' there's a need for federal reparations: convener
Evanston's reparations program is a good first step, but more is still needed on a federal level, says the head of the National African American Reparations Commission.
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America's 'zero-sum world view' is a 'lie': Heather McGhee on racism
Former Demos President and author of "The Sum of Us" Heather McGhee speaks with Yahoo Finance about the costs of racism — for everyone.
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Gender pay gap creates ‘second class citizenship for women': Lilly Ledbetter
Equal Pay activist Lilly Ledbetter chats with Yahoo Finance about the life long impact of the gender wage gap on women.
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Scaramucci says if GOP goes with Trump in 2024 he'll 'liquidate' the party
Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner SkyBridge Capital and former White House communications director in the Trump administration, says if the Republican Party goes with Trump as its 2024 nominee, he'll work to make the GOP a "minority party for at least a generation."
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‘People pay too much for Airpods,’ says singer Ray J
Raycon Global co-founders Ray Lee and singer Ray J join Yahoo Finance to discuss their earbuds.
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Police officers need to be held accountable, Ben & Jerry’s founders say
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream founders speak to Yahoo Finance about qualified immunity and social injustice.
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‘Studios will keep financing’ Black, brown films because ‘diversity sells,’ says producer
Will Packer Productions President James Lopez talks about financing Black films, the future of the industry, and more.
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'Nation will surely suffer' without the next generation of Black educators: expert
Howard University School of Education Dean Emerita Leslie Fenwick discusses the consequences of the lack of Black teachers to the education system in America.
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US lost about $200 billion due to fraudulent unemployment claims during pandemic: expert
Hundreds of billions have been paid to people making fraudulent unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the CEO of identity verification company ID.me.
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We need to ‘blow up the caste system’ of racial inequality, says NAACP president
NAACP President Derrick Johnson speaks with Yahoo Finance about the importance of Black History Month and more.
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Blacks should move to the South to gain greater political, economic power: NYT columnist
NYT Columnist Charles Blow talks with Yahoo Finance about a proposition to increase Black political power: a mass migration to the South.
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Biden needs to give moms $2,400 monthly payments because they are 'essential workers': Girls Who Code CEO
Girls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani talks with Yahoo Finance about the need for monthly payments for moms to compensate them for the work of motherhood.
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‘The criminal justice system is a big waste of money,’ says REFORM CEO Van Jones
REFORM Alliance CEO Van Jones talks to Yahoo Finance about the wastefulness of the criminal justice system.
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Biden will need 'new models' to address 'old problems': former congressman
Former Republican Congressman J.C. Watts speaks with Yahoo Finance about President Joe Biden keeping promises made to American voters.
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‘White people need to take responsibility’ to dismantle white supremacy, say Ben & Jerry’s founders
Ben & Jerry's founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield talk to Yahoo Finance about dismantling white supremacy and holding police accountable.
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Majority of domestic terror attacks committed by ‘white supremacists, violent far-right,’ says counterterrorism expert
According to a new report from CSIS, roughly two-thirds of domestic terrorism attacks are committed by white supremacists and far-right extremist groups.
