How We Rise

A pedestrian looks at cherry blossoms in front of an apartment building just after the Spring equinox, in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 22, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. With nearly 550,000 confirmed deaths to COVID-19 in America, vaccination rates are going up and nearly 25% of Americans have received at least one dose of a vaccine. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Economic disparities in the Washington, D.C. metro region provide opportunities for policy action

Camille Busette and Samantha Elizondo

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Laundromat workers walk out the job to protest the current working conditions. On the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25, 2020 a group of seven laundromat workers in New York City, confronted their employer at Wash Supply in Manhattan, alleging abuses of labor law and labor rights. These women have been designated essential workers and their labor makes it possible for people on Manhattans Upper West Side to have their clothes cleaned. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

As the jobs recovery nears completion, it’s time to talk about job quality

Makada Henry-Nickie, Regina Seo, and Anthony Barr

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Jessica (C), 28, says goodbye to Abel, 32, as she holds their five-year-old daughter Camila at San Quentin state prison in San Quentin, California June 8, 2012. An annual Fathers' Day event, "Get On The Bus" brings children in California to visit their fathers in prison. Sixty percent of parents in state prison report being held over 100 miles (161 km) from their children. Regular prison visits lower rates of recidivism for the parent, and make the child better emotionally adjusted and less likely to become delinquent, according to The Center for Restorative Justice Works, the non-profit organization that runs the "Get on the Bus" program. Picture taken June 8, 2012. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY)

April is Second Chance Month

Keesha Middlemass

Thursday, April 14, 2022

People gather for a candlelight vigil against gun violence in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States, July 3, 2015. Extra police patrols and long shifts were not enough to prevent nine deaths and about 50 injuries from gun violence in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, when homicides jump almost every year. Chicago, with 2.7 million people, is the most violent large city in the United States, with poverty, segregation, dozens of small street gangs, and a pervasive gun culture all contributing to the problem. Picture taken July 3, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young

Preventing gun violence takes more than police

Howard Henderson and Denise Brown

Thursday, March 31, 2022

People receive three free N95 masks as part of a government strategy to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Meijer in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Emily Elconin

COVID-19 takes its toll on American life

Camille Busette

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Census form on a map.

Why census undercounts are problematic for political representation

Gabriel R. Sanchez

Monday, March 28, 2022

Signs advertising the 2020 U.S. Census cover a closed and boarded up business amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Seattle, Washington, U.S., March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

What are the consequences of the Latino undercount in the 2020 U.S. Census?

Gabriel R. Sanchez

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Ukrainian refugees come in Przemysl, Poland, on March 1, 2022. (Photo by Maciej Luczniewski/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows racism has no boundaries

Thursday, March 3, 2022

student in classroom

Prioritize educator diversity to address racial injustices

Seth Gershenson, Michael Hansen, and Constance A. Lindsay

Monday, February 28, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2021. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Why a Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will make a difference

Camille Busette

Friday, February 25, 2022

Adelana Akindes takes part in a demonstration against racial injustice by the Coalition to March on the Democratic Convention outside the site of the DNC, which will be a largely virtual event due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The pandemic showed why social and structural determinants of health matter. Now it’s time for policymakers to act.

Anthony Barr, Ariel Gelrud Shiro, and Andre M. Perry

Friday, February 18, 2022

United States Treasury check with US currency. Illustrates IRS tax refund or coronavirus economic impact stimulus payments to taxpayers affected by the pandemic.

Narrowing the racial wealth gap using the EITC and CTC

Nora Cahill and William G. Gale

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Graduates of The City College of New York stand at their commencement ceremony in Manhattan on May 31, 2019. REUTERS/Gabriela Bhaskar - RC1BEA7E4900

A regressive student loan system results in costly racial disparities

Louise Seamster and Alan Aja

Monday, January 24, 2022

Immigration activists hold signs during a rally to protest against the Trump Administration's immigration policy, outside the White House in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

It’s time for the Biden administration to let immigrants know about the public charge rule change

Gabriel R. Sanchez

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Navajo youths attend a town hall event with Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at the Navajo Nation casino in Flagstaff, Arizona March 17, 2016. REUTERS/Nancy Wiechec

What might we expect from Native American voters in the upcoming 2022 election?

Gabriel R. Sanchez

Thursday, December 16, 2021