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How Poor Americans Get Exploited by Their Landlords
By Richard Florida Do the poor pay more for housing? That’s the question at the heart, and in the title, of a detailed paper published in the American Journal of Sociology on the actual housing costs paid by Americans in low-income urban...
Redlining Was Banned 50 Years Ago. It’s Still Hurting Minorities Today.
By Tracy Jan Racial discrimination in mortgage lending in the 1930s shaped the demographic and wealth patterns of American communities today, a new study shows, with 3 out of 4 neighborhoods “redlined” on government maps 80 years ago...
A Guide: What to Do if You See Islamophobia
The 3 April has been dubbed ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ by extremists. The Met has insisted “there is no credible information to suggest there is any criminal activity that will take place”, and a number of organisations including Tell MAMA, as...
The Case Of Laquan McDonald
by Hermene Hartman The death of Laquan McDonald, the 17-year-old Black male killed by 16 shots from policeman Jason Van Dyke’s gun, has changed Chicago politics and hopefully the police department. The case has received national attention...
CHE Leaders Doing Great Work: The Jefferson County Memorial Project
The Jefferson County Memorial Project, a grassroots, citizen-led coalition is working to retrieve our county monuments from EJI's National Memorial to Peace in Justice in Montgomery. Currently, we are building out our Interfaith Interpretation...
New TFAH Report: Promoting Health and Cost Control in States
Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) releases a new report today, Promoting Health and Cost Control: How States Can Improve Community Health and Well-being Through Policy Change. The report highlights 13 evidence-based policies, all outside the...
The Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science Announces Its First Pre-Conference Workshop
Traversing Divides: Interdisciplinary Research in Population Health and Health Disparities October 1, 2019 9:30 AM- 5:00 PM Sheraton Seattle Hotel Seattle, Washington This one-day workshop will provide an orientation to the value of...
Join the Open Forum RACE – The Power of an Illusion
Wed. Feb 6, 3:00–6:00 pm Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall UC Berkeley campus First broadcast on public television more than 15 years ago, RACE - The Power of an Illusion has become one of the most widely viewed documentaries...
NCHE Signs on to Final Letters to President and Congress on Health Impacts of Shutdown
January 17, 2019 The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: With the partial government shutdown nearing the four-week point, the undersigned organizations call on Congress and the...
The Racial Wealth Gap Is Worse Than It Was 35 Years Ago
By Eillie Anzilotti When Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968, he was in the midst of organizing what was called the Poor People’s Campaign. Its premise was straightforward: The fight for civil rights had to include economic...