Could baby bonds close Wisconsin’s racial wealth gap?

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Could baby bonds close Wisconsin’s racial wealth gap?


Donald Robert Greengrass Jr. is seen on July 12 in La Crosse outside his business, Greengrass Cafe, which he opened with money he received from the Ho-Chunk Nation’s Child Trust Fund Program when he turned 18. (Photo by Will Cioci/Wisconsin Watch)

On a recent weekday, Donald Robert Greengrass Jr., 29, was smiling, greeting locals and chatting with staff at his restaurant in La Crosse. The young entrepreneur — wearing long braids and sporting a tattoo of an eagle on his right forearm and a sea turtle on his left — was determined not to let the pandemic kill his business. 

 

 


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