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Marginalized Communities Impacted by Rising Inflation in Connecticut
August 17, 2022Fox61, www.fox61.com Author: Raquel Harrington (Fox61) Findings stated that 58% of Black and Native American families reported not having enough emergency savings to cover at least one month of their expenses. (Read...
The most vulnerable people in America bear the brunt of high inflation.
August 17, 2022PBS NewsHour, Video "While inflation eased slightly last month, it continues to remain high and new data shows it's having an outsized, negative impact on Native American, Black and Latino families in particular, according to a poll out this week...
Poll: High U.S. Inflation Rates Are Having a More Serious Impact on Black, Latino, and Native American Households than White Households
August 17, 2022Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Article In an NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health survey, people of color are significantly more likely than Whites to report they are currently experiencing serious financial...
#EquityandData Newsletter Summer 2022 Issue Has Been Released!
August 11, 2022The #EquityandData Newsletter is now available! The newsletter was developed to raise awareness of work related to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems. There are relevant news articles,...
National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems Newsletter
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Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) Statement in Recognition of Juneteenth, 2022
June 20, 2022Chair of the TFAH Board of Directors Gail Christopher, D.N. and President and CEO J. Nadine Gracia, M.D., MSCE released the following statement in recognition of Juneteenth, 2022. (Washington, DC – June 17, 2022) -- “Juneteenth is a celebration...
Forgotten Native Indian Boarding Schools and Burial Sites Uncovered
May 19, 2022Feds Seek to Undo Harm From Forced Assimilation Schools. By Sarafina Wright, The Washington Informer (Read...
The Newly Initiated Investigation of Native American Boarding Schools in the USA
May 19, 2022As part of its efforts to address the troublesome history and harm of federal Indian boarding school policy, the US Department of the Interior has identified several Native American Boarding Schools and burial sites dating back more than a century...
Gordon Plaza Was Sold as a Dream for Black Home Buyers. It Was a Toxic Nightmare.
April 5, 2022New Orleans city officials allowed developers to build homes on land contaminated with chemicals linked to cancer. They didn’t tell the people who moved in. By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post (Read...
The Work toward Equity That Awaits a Pandemic-Weary Nation: Analysis
March 22, 2022The nation will soon mark 1 million COVID-19 deaths. By Richard Besser (Read...