Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity
Alleviating stark disparities in health coverage, chronic health conditions, mental health, and mortality across racial and ethnic groups in the United States will require deliberate and long-term efforts.
Systematic Inequality
The already large racial wealth gap between white and black American households grew even wider after the Great Recession. Targeted policies are necessary to reverse this deepening divide.
Truth and Reconciliation
Simulating How Progressive Proposals Affect the Racial Wealth Gap
Systematic Inequality and Economic Opportunity
Systemic Inequality: Displacement, Exclusion, and Segregation
Workers of Color Are Disproportionately at Risk of Serious Complications From the Coronavirus
Workers of color are more likely to have serious underlying medical conditions that make them vulnerable to COVID-19.
The Economic Fallout of the Coronavirus for People of Color
Occupational segregation, employment discrimination, and exploitation make economic downturns, such as the one created by the COVID-19 pandemic, worse in communities of color by destabilizing jobs, undermining small businesses, and increasing income shocks and unexpected expenses.
The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Fueling Fear and Hate Across America
Asian Americans are facing physical and economic abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus Compounds Inequality and Endangers Communities of Color
Structural racism makes public health crises such as COVID-19 more dangerous by increasing exposure, exacerbating preexisting conditions, and preventing vulnerable people from obtaining the care they need.
The Senate Stimulus Proposal in Response to Coronavirus Fails to Meet the Moment
The Senate’s coronavirus stimulus bill doesn’t do nearly enough to help families and small businesses.
The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Racial Wealth Gap
The unjust racial wealth gap leaves Black and Latinx communities especially vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus.
Who We Measure Matters: Connecting the Dots Among Comprehensive Data Collection, Civil Rights Enforcement, and Equality
Data collection, disaggregation, and analysis of the nation’s diverse communities and their experiences are essential to achieving equality.
Communities of Color Bear the Brunt of Trump’s Anti-Environmental Agenda
By weakening air and water protections and refusing to address climate change, the Trump administration is exacerbating environmental and health hazards in communities of color.
On the Persistence of the Black-White Unemployment Gap
The United States needs policies that challenge structural racism in order to close the persistent unemployment gap between African Americans and whites.
Promise and Opportunity Deferred
Reforming the United States’ place-based investment framework is no easy feat, but for the sake of equity, it is well worth the endeavor.
An Elite College Has Dropped Legacy Admissions—It’s Time for Other Higher Education Institutions To Do the Same
Legacy admissions policies have racist origins and continue to exclude underrepresented students of color.
3 Bold Actions Congress Should Take to Equitably Address Weather and Climate Disasters
As weather and climate disasters become more devastating and costly, Congress must design bold and equitable policies to reduce carbon and other pollution and protect communities from the worst impacts of climate change.
Black and Latinx Students Are Getting Less Bang for Their Bachelor’s Degrees
Black and Latinx students who earn bachelor’s degrees take longer to graduate, earn more debt, and face more employment challenges than white peers.
Fixing Graduate School Debt
This fact sheet considers accountability-based policy solutions through an equity lens to bring down graduate debt levels.