Race & Ethnicity

Heather Padgett, with her mother Debi Padgett (R), takes her daughters Kinsley and Kiley for a walk outside their home in Cincinnati, Ohio July 16, 2015. Until she got clean last August, Heather was part of what the Centers for Disease Control has called a heroin epidemic - a 100 percent rise in heroin addiction among Americans between 2002 and 2013. The sharp rise in heroin addiction, coupled with the risks of newborns developing withdrawal symptoms after they are sent home, has led a group of Cincinnati hospitals to try what they say is the first program of its kind in the United States: testing all mothers, or their infants, for opiates regardless of background, not just those who seem high-risk. To match Feature USA-HEROIN/MATERNALTESTING Picture taken July 16, 2015. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - GF20000015645

Demographics & Population

Demographer William Frey unpacks why fewer Americans are moving

William H. Frey

NPR Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Voters cast their ballot in the U.S. midterm elections in Ferguson, Missouri November 4, 2014. Black anger at a local Democrat's handling of the shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has given the Republican candidate some hope of winning the race for St Louis County executive for first time since the 1980s. REUTERS/Whitney Curtis (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - GM1EAB50DEP01

The Avenue

Why the race for Black voters is the most important Democratic primary of them all

Andre M. Perry and David Harshbarger

Monday, November 25, 2019

Graduates celebrate at Howard University in Washington

Brown Center Chalkboard

HBCUs are leading centers of education — why are they treated as second-class institutions?

Andre M. Perry

Friday, November 22, 2019

A man walks past a poster simulating facial recognition software at the Security China 2018 exhibition on public safety and security in Beijing, China October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC195B4D37A0

TechTank

Highlights: Addressing fairness in the context of artificial intelligence

Caitlin Chin and Bhaargavi Ashok

Monday, November 18, 2019

Reports

Economic Development

Small and midsized legacy communities: Trends, assets, and principles for action

Alan Berube

November 14, 2019

Ardana McFerren sweeps leafs outside of her home in the historic Pullman neighborhood in Chicago November 20, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce the designation of the Pullman neighborhood as a national park on February 19, according to park advocates. The neighborhood's brick homes and ornate public buildings were built in the 1800s by industrialist George Pullman as a blue-collar utopia to house workers from his sleeper car factory. Picture taken November 20, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Nelles (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - TM3EABN1EN701

Campaigns & Elections

America’s formerly redlined neighborhoods have changed, and so must solutions to rectify them

Andre M. Perry and David Harshbarger

Monday, October 14, 2019

Janet Yellen speaking at Hutchins Center diversity event

Report

Former Fed chair Janet Yellen on gender and racial diversity of the federal government’s economists

Janet L. Yellen

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Report

Gender and racial diversity of federal government economists

David Wessel, Louise Sheiner, and Michael Ng

Friday, September 20, 2019

Race & Ethnicity

Not just a typographical change: Why Brookings is capitalizing Black

David Lanham and Amy Liu

September 23, 2019

Blog Posts

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Up Front

Class Notes: Immigrants’ upward mobility, paid family leave, and more

Chenoah Sinclair and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Yellow police tape is displayed at a crime scene.

Up Front

Highlights: Improving police culture in America

Jane Miller and Rashawn Ray

Monday, November 4, 2019

Up Front

Class Notes: Taxing billionaires, college course availability, and more

Chenoah Sinclair and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

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Events

2019

Oct

Past Event

Countering toxic narratives and real-life challenges for students of color

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

The gender and racial diversity of the federal government’s economists

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

A conversation with Stacey Abrams: Race and political power in the United States

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Washington, DC

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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Multimedia

A woman holds a sign during a rally against white supremacy in the wake of mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso in front of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC18B8E32740

Podcast Episode

On racism and white supremacy

Andre M. Perry, Vanessa Williamson, and Fred Dews

Friday, August 9, 2019

Students disembark from a school bus outside The Ivy Apartments, where a man diagnosed with the Ebola virus was staying in Dallas, Texas October 1, 2014. As many as 80 people were in contact with the Dallas Ebola patient at some point, Texas health officials told NBC, marking a significant jump from the 18 people authorities had said may have been exposed to the deadly virus. Additionally, four members of the patient's family have been ordered to stay home as a precaution even though they are not showing symptoms, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement. Picture taken October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Stone

Podcast Episode

What does the debate over school segregation reveal about the Democratic primary field?

Jon Valant

Friday, July 5, 2019

Multiracial black and white recruiters, executive hr management group interviewing female job applicant, headhunters studying cv resume of candidate, asking questions, partners discussing contract

Brookings Now

A conversation about the racial wealth gap—and how to address it

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Tuesday, June 18, 2019

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