Race and Ethnicity
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Racial Profiling and Genetic Privacy
Report examines the question of how we reconcile our desire for excellent police work with maintaining criminal investigation protocols that respect the rights of citizens.
Other Race and Ethnicity Features
November 2, 2009
There is an important and often overlooked benefit to investing in clean energy: it could create millions of good jobs at all skill levels, writes Raúl Arce-Contreras in Poder.
By Raúl Arce-Contreras
October 27, 2009
Sam Fulwood discusses race relations in the Obama era during a Progressivism on Tap event.
October 7, 2009
The large pool of Hispanic and American soccer fans signals a revival of a two-way acculturation, writes Robert Valencia.
By Robert Valencia
September 23, 2009
Christian E. Weller and Amanda Logan make the case for policies to erase the economic discrepancies between whites and minorities.
By Christian E. Weller, Amanda Logan
July 28, 2009
President Obama wants us to learn from the Gates-Crowley affair, but we only need to open our eyes to see the daily teachable moments in our own lives, writes Sam Fulwood III.
By Sam Fulwood III
July 16, 2009
Sotomayor's nomination comes not a minute too soon, writes Louis Caldera, for the Supreme Court suffers from a lack of empathy and imagination for the lives of ordinary Americans.
By Louis Caldera
June 23, 2009
A CAP event addresses the unemployment gap and ways to improve the occupational prospects for black men.
April 21, 2009
As the economy flounders, the rights of workers have never been more imperiled, writes Karla Walter in Poder magazine.
By Karla Walter
April 15, 2009
As the recession has deepened, black men are facing alarming rates of job loss. The employment situation of black men is a crisis that demands a targeted and effective policy intervention.
By Alexandra Cawthorne
April 2, 2009
Sally Steenland interviews Safiya Ghori-Ahmad, the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s government relations director, as part of a new series on Young Muslim-American Voices.
By Sally Steenland
March 11, 2009
The recession of 2008 reveals the financial vulnerabilities Hispanic families face. Loan defaults, home foreclosures, and personal bankruptcies are rising for everyone, but are likely to be much higher for Hispanics than others. The reason: Economic distress is quickly materializing for many Hispanics due to sharply higher unemployment rates. By the end of 2008, one year after the recession began, the unemployment rate for Hispanics hit 9.2 percent, compared to 6.6 percent for whites.
By Christian E. Weller, Amanda Logan
February 18, 2009
La experiencia de las minorías en el mercado laboral durante la recesión indica un mayor desempleo y una menor prosperidad.
By Amanda Logan
February 18, 2009
Amanda Logan’s by-the-numbers look at minorities’ experience in the labor market throughout the recession shows increasing unemployment and decreasing prosperity.
By Amanda Logan
January 27, 2009
Panelists at a CAP event released a new book edited by Henry Cisneros on Latinos and discussed the ways that Latinos can succeed through inclusion and integration.
January 16, 2009
The recession has hit minorities especially hard, write Amanda Logan and Christian Weller.
By Amanda Logan, Christian E. Weller
December 16, 2008
By Melissa Lazarín
December 16, 2008
Report from Melissa Lazarín explores the value of expanded learning time for English language learners.
By Melissa Lazarín
September 29, 2008
La administración de Bush favorece a empleadores abusadores por encima de los trabajadores latinos
By Karla Walter
September 29, 2008
The Bush Labor Department focuses on immigration enforcement while ignoring protections for Latino workers.
By Karla Walter
September 26, 2008
Michele Malkin y los conservadores quieren culpar a los inmigrares de nuestra crisis financiera. ¿Podremos creer esta manipulación?
By David M. Abromowitz
September 25, 2008
Key indicators show that minorities continue to fare poorly in the current economy, write Amanda Logan and Tim Westrich.
By Amanda Logan, Tim Westrich
September 22, 2008
By Teresita Perez
September 22, 2008
As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Teresita Perez takes a moment to reflect on the phrase's history and power.
By Teresita Perez
September 15, 2008
Ocho ideas que el gobierno federal puede usar para mejorar la educación de los niños hispanos por Melissa Lazarín.
By Melissa Lazarín
September 15, 2008
Eight ideas from Melissa Lazarín that the federal government can implement to improve education for Hispanic children.
By Melissa Lazarín
August 13, 2008
Reel Progress interviews filmmaker Stacy Perala about his documentary, “Made in America,” which chronicles the cycle of violence and poverty in L.A.’s gangs.
By Rhonda Carter
June 19, 2008
When Hurricane Katrina first happened, even the most docile reporters began to cover race, poverty, and inequality. But since then everyone has dropped the story.
By Eric Alterman, George Zornick
June 9, 2008
Vanessa Cárdenas says that the economy, education, Iraq, and immigration are top concerns for the growing and very motivated Latino population.
By Vanessa Cárdenas
April 29, 2008
Hispanic and African-American households are likely to suffer first and to suffer more in the current economic downturn, write Tim Westrich and Amanda Logan.
By Amanda Logan, Tim Westrich
April 29, 2008
By Amanda Logan, Tim Westrich
April 4, 2008
Honoring a death too early, Americans commit to a green and equitable future, write Bracken Hendricks and Benjamin Goldstein.
By Bracken Hendricks, Benjamin Goldstein
April 2, 2008
By Nicholas K. Bromell
February 28, 2008
The growing Latino population will play a key role in the upcoming election.
February 19, 2008
Elena Rocha presents principles that should underpin Latino student achievement through congressional reauthorization of NCLB.
By Elena Rocha
February 15, 2008
Sundance Film Festival features CAP’s Melody Barnes, among others, to discuss the evolution of the black experience.
By Anna Soellner
January 28, 2008
A by the numbers look at the disproportionate setbacks that Latinos have faced during the Bush White House’s tenure.
January 17, 2008
The conservative agenda has not served African Americans well, according to key economic indicators.
By Tim Westrich, Amanda Logan
January 15, 2008
Report addresses the use of race in the move to geneticize disease and refocuses the discussion on social determinants that are knows to cause health disparities.
By Jamie D. Brooks, Meredith King Ledford
October 4, 2007
Conservatives are now spouting the “If you disagree with me, you’re a racist” brand of moral bullying that people rightly criticized liberals for years ago.
By Eric Alterman
September 19, 2007
Truly bizarre and racist “authorities” on immigration keep finding their way into the mainstream press, writes Henry Fernandez.
By Henry Fernandez
September 7, 2007
Justin Elliott from Brown University discusses why college newsrooms are often neither racially diverse nor racially sensitive.
February 27, 2007
Rep. Christensen (D-VI) joined an expert panel to discuss a new report on how we can begin reducing racial and ethnic health disparities.
February 21, 2007
Event discusses demographics, voting patterns, and key issues for Hispanics—a group politicians can no longer afford to ignore.
February 21, 2007
Se discuten demográficos, patrones de votación, y los temas claves para Hispanos—un grupo al cual políticos no pueden ignorar más
February 8, 2007
So far media coverage of Clinton and Obama’s presidential bids seems strikingly reminiscent of the frenzy over Ferraro and Jackson in 1980’s.
By Eric Alterman, Tim Fernholz
December 4, 2006
Panel debates new report by Doug Harris that shows desegregated learning environments are better for minority students.
October 13, 2006
The Hispanic communities’ civic engagement present opportunities and challenges for the progressive movement.
August 4, 2006
As the labor market continues to weaken, minorities appear to be especially vulnerable to the economic slowdown.
By Christian E. Weller
January 20, 2006
By Peter Edelman, Harry J. Holzer, Paul Offner
January 20, 2006
By Ronald B. Mincy, Charles E. Lewis Jr., Wen-Jui Hahn