Jhumpa Bhattacharya

Jhumpa Bhattacharya is the vice president of programs and strategy at the Insight Center. Her work on gender and racial wealth inequality and economic justice has been covered by Fast Company, Mother Jones, and The New York Times. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, Ms. Magazine, Truthout, and other outlets.

We Must Change the Way We Measure Economic Health

We Must Change the Way We Measure Economic Health We Must Change the Way We Measure Economic Health

Our primary focus should be on improving the lives of our most marginalized—and without an arbitrary price tag.

Feb 25, 2021 / Jhumpa Bhattacharya and Andrea Flynn

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If Black Lives Matter, the ‘Welfare Queen’ Myth Must Go If Black Lives Matter, the ‘Welfare Queen’ Myth Must Go

Along with fueling ever-growing inequality on racial and gender lines, the welfare queen myth is literally killing black women.

Jun 10, 2020 / Jhumpa Bhattacharya, Aisha Nyandoro, and Anne Price