Race in American Public Policy

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Three protesters embrace each other during a peaceful protest against police violence organized by the San Francisco LGBT Community Center in San Francisco, California December 24, 2014. An 18-year old black teen was fatally shot by police at a gas station late on Tuesday in a St. Louis suburb near where unarmed teen Michael Brown was killed by a white officer in August. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)

Up Front

Racial gaps in hope, ill-being, and deaths of despair

Carol Graham

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Patient Sharon Dawson Coates (L) has her knee examined by Dr. Nikhil Narang at University of Chicago Medicine Urgent Care Clinic in Chicago June 28, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION HEALTH)

USC-Brookings Schaeffer on Health Policy

There are clear, race-based inequalities in health insurance and health outcomes

Christen Linke Young

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

The Avenue

Discriminatory housing practices are leading to the devaluation of Black Americans

Andre M. Perry

Thursday, February 13, 2020

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Research

Side profiles of 5 diverse individuals' on pink background

Report

Keeping promises while keeping score: Gauging the impacts of policy proposals on racial equity

Xavier de Souza Briggs and Richard M. McGahey

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Essay

The Black Progress Index: Examining the social factors that influence Black well-being

Andre M. Perry and Jonathan Rothwell

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Cherokee, North Carolina, USA - August 12, 2020: Large Totem Pole outside of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian with a face mask and signs for mask requirement to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Report

Native Americans are getting left behind in the remote work economy

Matthew Gregg and Robert Maxim

Monday, September 26, 2022

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Blog Posts

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Up Front

Class Notes: Housing assistance benefits, gender roles in Australia and more

Richard V. Reeves and Simran Kalkat

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

July 26, 2020, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: A Black Lives Matter protester holds "Black Lives Matter" sign during a rally at Nubian Square in Boston. (Photo by Keiko Hiromi/AFLO) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

How We Rise

Black Lives Matter at 10 years: 8 ways the movement has been highly effective

Rashawn Ray

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Protesters holding placards that read "black+brown+Asian solidarity" during the demonstration.End The Violence Towards Asians rally in Washington Square Park. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, violence towards Asian Americans has increased at a much higher rate than previous years. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) reported a 1,900% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes in 2020. (Photo by Ron Adar / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

How We Rise

Are Asian Americans people of color or the next in line to become white?

Jennifer Lee

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

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Events

Experts

Camille Busette

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro, Economic Studies, Governance Studies

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

@CamilleBusette

Nicol Turner Lee

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Director - Center for Technology Innovation

@drturnerlee

Richard V. Reeves

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative

RichardvReeves

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Multimedia

People attend a rally against student debt outside the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2022. Members of the Debt Collective, which describes itself as a borrowers' union, called for President Joe Biden to abolish all student loan debt by executive order, with a pandemic-era pause on payments set to end in May. (Photo by Alejandro Alvarez/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

What will student loan forgiveness mean for Black students and families?

Andre M. Perry and Adrianna Pita

Friday, August 26, 2022

Toy figures standing on stacks of coins.

Monetary Policy

Monetary policy and racial inequality

Alina Kristin Bartscher, Moritz Kuhn, Moritz Schularick, and Paul Wachtel

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Robert Brox, center, and his wife, Jolie Brox, co owners of Fit 4 You MKE discuss their lavender lemonade and health products at their booth set up as part of the annual Kwanzaa celebration at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society on West Center Street in Milwaukee on Sunday. The annual celebration of African American culture featured speakers, various food vendors and dancing and drumming.Kwanzaa 4310

Podcast Episode

Valuing Black assets in Black communities

Andre M. Perry and Fred Dews

Friday, February 4, 2022

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The Black Progress Index

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Class Notes: Boys and men, home evictions, and more

Richard V. Reeves and Simran Kalkat

Thursday, September 15, 2022

graphic of Inclusive Opportunity Project leaders

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Makada Henry-Nickie and Regina Seo

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Class notes: Friendships and upward mobility, racial gaps in UI receipt, and more

Richard V. Reeves, Beyond Deng, and Simran Kalkat

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Class Notes: The black-white wealth gap, togetherness in the household, and more

Beyond Deng and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, July 28, 2022

200613 Demonstrators during a protest over the death of George Floyd, on June 13, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York, NY, USA. Photo: Joel Marklund / BILDBYRÅN / kod JM / 88162 bbeng protest demonstration Black Lives Matter No Use Sweden. No Use Norway. No Use Austria.

Lessons learned from the post-George Floyd protests

Dana R. Fisher

Friday, July 22, 2022

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