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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRemarks on Environmental Justice

Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., January 11, 2002, United States Commission on Civil Rights

Testimony by Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, January 11, 2002 Read More

U.S. Poverty, Welfare, Inequality, Environmental Justice, Environment

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Save to My PortfolioThe Pitfalls and Achievements of Environmental Justice

Wednesday, June 20, 2001
12:00 AM to
1849 C Street, NW, D.C.

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Health Care, Cities, Environment, Environmental Justice

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioEnvironmental Justice and Risk Assessment: The Uneasy Relationship

Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., January 2000, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Article by Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., Nosresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution, in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 2000 Read More

Environmental Justice, Environment

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioThe Promise and Peril of Environmental Justice

Wednesday, September 16, 1998
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC

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Health Care, Cities, Environment, Environmental Justice

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Save to My PortfolioThe Promise and Peril of Environmental Justice

Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., August 26, 1998

This is the first book to assess the prospects and challenges of the environmental justice movement, which contends that low-income persons and communities of color bear a disproportionate burden of toxic waste sites, hazardous jobs, and polluted air Read More

Health Care, Environmental Justice, Environment

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Clash of Purposes: Environmental Justice and Risk Assessment

Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., March 20, 1998, Risk Policy Report

article by Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., Inside Washington's Risk Policy Report, 5, March 20, 1998, the Brookings Institution Read More

Environmental Justice, Environment, Cities

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMercury's Health Effects

Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., 21-Dec-97, The New York Times

Opinion by Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in New York Times, December 21, 1997 Read More

Health Care, Medicare, Cities, Environment, Environmental Justice

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My Portfolio...And Environmental Justice for All?

Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., 1997, Priorities

Article by Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., in Priorities, 1997 Read More

Environmental Justice, Environment, Cities

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDown in the Dumps, On Purpose

Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., November 04, 1997, The Washington Times

Opinion by Christopher H. Foreman, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, in the Washington Times, November 4, 1997 Read More

U.S. Poverty, Welfare, Environmental Justice, Cities, Environment

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioEnvironmentalism or Ideology? Inner City Activists Talk Pollution, Push Social Agenda

Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., Fall 1997, SEJournal

Article by Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution, in SE Journal, Fall 1997 Read More

Environmental Justice, Cities, Environment

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioA Winning Hand? The Uncertain Future of Environmental Justice

Christopher H. Foreman, Jr., Spring 1996, The Brookings Institution

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Environmental Justice, Environment, Cities

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Christopher H. Foreman, Jr.

Christopher H. Foreman, Jr.

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies

Christopher Foreman’s research includes the politics of health, race, and government reform. He is a professor and directs the social policy program at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy.


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