1286: Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap with Rodney A. Brooks

Published: Dec. 1, 2021, 1:31 p.m.

Rodney\xa0A. Brooks, a veteran newspaper journalist, writes about retirement and personal finance issues, and racial, wealth and health disparities.\xa0His columns currently run in U.S. News & World Report\xa0and AARP\u2019s Senior Planet.\xa0He has also written columns for The Washington Post and USA TODAY.

He is author of the book\xa0Fixing the Racial Wealth Gap: Racism and Discrimination\xa0have put us here, but this is how we can save future generations. He is co-author of\xa0Retirement Planning Essentials: A Guide to Living Well Without Running out of Money.

Brooks was Deputy Managing Editor/Personal Finance and retirement columnist for\xa0USA TODAY, where coordinated all personal finance on all platforms for USA TODAY. He retired in 2015 after 30 years.\xa0