Race & Ethnicity

Women wait in line for an interview at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Coney Island Boom A Ring Job Fair in New York May 27, 2009. There will be 200 jobs available for anyone age 16 and older starting June 18 thru September 7 on the boardwalk in Coney Island. The U.S. housing bust and auto sector upheaval have left hundreds of thousands of workers looking for jobs in the same sectors, in the same places, and at the same time. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E55S0H4001

Labor Policy & Unemployment

New evidence that losing your job is even more stressful for black Americans

Randall Akee

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Brown Center Chalkboard

Teachers in the US are even more segregated than students

Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

White supremacists gather under a statue of Robert E. Lee during a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Charlottesville: One year later

The rise of the alt-right

Thomas J. Main, Bill Finan, and Fred Dews

Friday, August 10, 2018

Members of white nationalists march in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTS1BIBT

FixGov

One year after the Charlottesville riots and still no new Kerner Commission

Nicol Turner-Lee

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Reports

A student exits a bus as he arrives at Venice High School in Los Angeles, California December 16, 2015. Classes resume today in Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the United States, after they were closed on Tuesday after officials reported receiving an unspecified threat to the district and ordered a search of all schools in the city. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn - GF10000267926

K-12 Education

Do school secessions worsen racial segregation? It’s complicated

Richard V. Reeves and Nathan Joo

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Education

2018 Brown Center Report on American Education: Trends in NAEP math, reading, and civics scores

Michael Hansen, Elizabeth Mann Levesque, Jon Valant, and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Demographics & Population

The millennial generation: A demographic bridge to America’s diverse future

William H. Frey

January, 2018

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Education

New evidence on school choice and racially segregated schools

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Thursday, December 14, 2017

A teacher helps his student with a physics experiment at the Oxford International College in Changzhou, Jiangsu province January 10, 2013. The website for a private school in Changzhou, one of China's smaller cities, features blue blazers and plaid skirts, music classes and an ivy-clad brick doorway -- all the trappings of the British school system designed to appeal to wealthy Chinese parents. In choosing a smaller city, Oxford International College - no relation to the British university - is tapping into a growing market of upwardly-mobile Chinese willing to pay as much as 260,000 yuan ($41,700) a year for a Western-style education and a ticket to college overseas for their children. Picture taken January 10, 2013. To match Feature CHINA-SCHOOLS REUTERS/Aly Song (CHINA - Tags: EDUCATION BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E91E0E6Y01

Education

The importance of a diverse teaching force

David Figlio

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Blog Posts

A man walks past tributes written at the site where Heather Heyer was killed during the 2017 white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 1, 2018. Picture taken August 1, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC19E176BEC0

The Avenue

A year after Charlottesville: Once the monuments are gone, the hard work begins for cities

Rachel Barker and Alan Berube

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

People visit the makeshift memorial to car attack victim Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1D3A3DD0D0

Up Front

In Charlottesville, proof of America’s utter failure to reckon with the brutal legacy of slavery

Camille Busette and Vanessa Williamson

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Latino leaders and immigration reform supporters gather at Farrand Field on the campus of the University of Colorado to launch "My Country, My Vote," a 12-month voter registration campaign to mobilize Colorado's Latino, immigrant and allied voters October 28, 2015. The rally was held ahead of a forum held by CNBC before the U.S. Republican presidential candidates debate in Boulder. REUTERS/Evan Semon - GF20000037144

The Avenue

Charlottesville, demographic change, and misplaced white anxiety

William H. Frey

Friday, August 3, 2018

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Events

2018

Jun

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Black Lives Matter: Race, state violence, and representation in the United States

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Advancing opportunity for black collegians in tech and business

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

50 years later: Black America since MLK

5:45 PM - 7:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Multimedia

Members of the Charlottesville community hold a vigil for Heather Heyer at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Charlottesville: One year later

Camille Busette, Vanessa Williamson, Andre M. Perry, Chris Meserole, and Fred Dews

Friday, August 3, 2018

People take part in a protest against police brutality and in support of Black Lives Matter.

Race & Ethnicity

Understanding when Black Lives Matter protests occur

Fred Dews and Vanessa Williamson

Friday, June 8, 2018

Lone activist Ieshia Evans stands her ground while offering her hands for arrest as she is charged by riot police during a protest against police brutality outside the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana, USA, 9 July 2016. Evans, a 28-year-old Pennsylvania nurse and mother of one, traveled to Baton Rouge to protest against the shooting of Alton Sterling. Sterling was a 37-year-old black man and father of five, who was shot at close range by two white police officers. The shooting, captured on a multitude of cell phone videos, aggravated the unrest coursing through the United States in previous years over the use of excessive force by police, particularly against black men. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1F5C88B300

Race & Ethnicity

Why #LivingWhileBlack Matters

Nicol Turner-Lee

Friday, May 18, 2018

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Race & Ethnicity

New evidence that losing your job is even more stressful for black Americans

Teachers in the US are even more segregated than students

The rise of the alt-right

One year after the Charlottesville riots and still no new Kerner Commission

Reports

Do school secessions worsen racial segregation? It’s complicated

2018 Brown Center Report on American Education: Trends in NAEP math, reading, and civics scores

The millennial generation: A demographic bridge to America’s diverse future

New evidence on school choice and racially segregated schools

The importance of a diverse teaching force

Blog Posts

A year after Charlottesville: Once the monuments are gone, the hard work begins for cities

In Charlottesville, proof of America’s utter failure to reckon with the brutal legacy of slavery

Charlottesville, demographic change, and misplaced white anxiety

Events

Black Lives Matter: Race, state violence, and representation in the United States

Advancing opportunity for black collegians in tech and business

50 years later: Black America since MLK

Related Books

What Works in Girls’ Education

The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty

Development Projects Observed

Multimedia

Charlottesville: One year later

Understanding when Black Lives Matter protests occur

Why #LivingWhileBlack Matters

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