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More white Americans acknowledge racism as a national problem

Decorative: CalendarFebruary 11, 2016

by Errin Haines Whack, Associated Press (Read more...

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Infrastructure Failures, Like Flint, Are a Crisis for Black America

Decorative: CalendarFebruary 9, 2016

By Charles D. Ellison It’s easy to view the bubbling toxic-water crisis in Flint, Mich., as the case of yet another majority-black city victimized by institutional neglect. Michigan itself is a cautionary tale of once-thriving Northern...

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Foundation Launches Groundbreaking Effort to Achieve Racial Equality

Decorative: CalendarFebruary 1, 2016

Racial tensions between communities of color and police, and other high-profile, racially charged events in recent years have changed Americans' views on racial progress, according to a new analysis of polls on racial views. A significant change...

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Former dean questions costs of ‘no excuses’ charter schools on students of color

Decorative: CalendarJanuary 29, 2016

“No excuses” charter schools have become a prominent feature of modern school reform. What exactly are they? This is how Joan Goodman, a professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the...

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Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT)

Decorative: CalendarJanuary 28, 2016

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – The W.K. Kellogg Foundation launched its next step in pursuit of racial equity for the nation, an unprecedented Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) enterprise that will help communities embrace racial healing...

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Closing the Racial Gap in Small Business Lending

Decorative: CalendarJanuary 19, 2016

Even if you instantly eliminated all racism from mainstream financial institutions, it would do nothing to erase existing wealth inequality. The median net worth of white households in 2013 was $142,000, more than 13 times the median net worth of...

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Decorative: CalendarJanuary 12, 2016

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Racial Identity, and Its Hostilities, Return to American Politics

Decorative: CalendarJanuary 5, 2016

Why do working-class Americans vote as they do? The question has long bedeviled analysts on the left, troubled that people who would largely benefit from a more robust government seem so often to vote for right-leaning politicians eager to cut...

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House Passes Bill That Would Allow Auto Dealers to Charge People of Color More

Decorative: CalendarJanuary 5, 2016

House Democrats and Republicans reached across the aisle in a move that could eliminate a consumer protection that prevents car dealers from charging Black and Latino customers more for their vehicles. It seems Congress doesn’t care if auto...

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Psychological Research Promotes Equity and Social Justice

Decorative: CalendarJanuary 4, 2016

The first-ever APA Public Interest Leadership Conference offered advice for translating science into social change. In some parts of New Orleans, one of the most inequitable cities in the nation, life expectancy is just 55 — lower than in many...

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