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Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership
June 22, 2021By Ailsa Chang, Christopher Intagliata, Jonaki Mehta (Read...
Education Usually Improves Health. But Racism Sabotages Benefits For Black Men
June 14, 2021By Virginia Anderson, NPR "More education typically leads to better health, yet Black men in the U.S. are not getting the same benefit as other groups, research...
Black Appraisers Call Out Industry’s Racial Bias and Need for Systemic Change
June 11, 2021"The largely insular appraisal industry of 78,000 is skewed over 85 percent white with less than 2 percent of appraisers identifying as Black." By Safia Samee Ali (Read...
Zora Article: Congresswomen are Banding Together Seeking Racial Equity
June 9, 2021...
Latinx and Low-Income Communities Are Paying the Human Costs of Plastic Pollution
June 7, 2021By Yvette Arellano & Mariana Del Valle Prieto Cervantes, Prism Latinx and low-income communities are suffering from the effects of plastics manufacturing. (Read...
How Systemic Racism Continues To Determine Black Health And Wealth In Chicago
June 4, 2021By Terry Gross, npr.org (Read...
Structural Racism, High Blood Pressure, Black People’s Health All Linked, Experts Say
June 2, 2021By American Heart Association News, chicago.suntimes.com "Untreated, high blood pressure can lead to disabling, potentially fatal illnesses including heart disease, stroke, dementia, kidney disease, sexual dysfunction, vision loss." (Read...
New Commission To Tackle How National Health Data Are Collected, Shared, And Used
June 1, 2021By Alonzo Plough Gail C. Christopher, healthaffairs.org "COVID-19 has shown us once again that wealth, racism, and privilege play an outsized role in how long and how well people live. Philanthropy has long sought to address the confluence of...
Conducting a Virtual Public Deliberation on COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
May 30, 2021...
The Call for Racial Healing and Justice Continues…..
May 25, 2021More than 50 years before George Floyd's death, lawmakers predicted a growing racial divide It's been a year since George Floyd's chilling last words, "I can't breathe," sent shock waves around the world. A guilty verdict came down April 20, but...