Race & Ethnicity

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Arizona's Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland

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Trump’s Phoenix caper: Snake oil on the fire

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, August 21, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump stops to respond to more questions about his responses to the violence, injuries and deaths at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville as he walks away flanked by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (L) and U.S. Secret Service agents (R) after speaking to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RTS1BXP3

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Trump’s Charlottesville response falls flat with the public—and with his working-class base

William A. Galston

Thursday, August 17, 2017

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

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When white supremacy came to Virginia

Vanessa Williamson

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

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Race, class and culture: A conversation with William Julius Wilson and J.D. Vance

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

Black America Since MLK

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EST

Economic mobility and racial inequities: How the next president can revive the American dream

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Washington, DC

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Experts

Camille Busette

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Protesters against white supremacy in Charlottesville, VA

Race & Ethnicity

On Charlottesville, racism, and President Trump’s comments

Camille Busette

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

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How Millennials voted this election

William A. Galston and Clara Hendrickson

Monday, November 21, 2016

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Economic mobility and racial inequities: How the next president can revive the American dream

Indira Lakshmanan, Dayna Bowen Matthew, Richard V. Reeves, and Isabel V. Sawhill

Thursday, October 20, 2016

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First responders stand by a car that was struck when a car drove through a group of counter protesters at a white nationalist/neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

How should the Trump administration respond to right-wing extremism?

Christopher Meserole

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Police and sheriffs fight with protesters trying to free their arrested colleague after a demonstration turned violent during a protest against a statue of a Confederate solider nicknamed Silent Sam on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. August 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

Trump and right-wing extremists

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Two Blocks From the Culture War: A Local Perspective on Charlottesville

William J. Antholis

Monday, August 14, 2017

Charlottesville and Donald Trump’s crass political opportunism

Camille Busette

Monday, August 14, 2017

Trainee math teacher Shaw from Teach for America program teaches class at George Washington Carver Middle School in Los Angeles

Retaining minority teachers in schools where most of their colleagues are white

Steven Bednar and Dora Gicheva

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

A homeless woman sits bundled against the cold as she begs for handouts on East 42nd Street in the Manhattan borough of New York City, January 4, 2016. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order on Sunday requiring local officials throughout the state to force the homeless into shelters when temperatures dip below freezing and vowed to defend the edict if challenged in court. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTX2109K

Lack of hope in America: The high costs of being poor in a rich land

Carol Graham

Friday, July 28, 2017

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Race & Ethnicity

High paying jobs alone won’t save big cities

Moderator perspective on William Julius Wilson and JD Vance’s discussion of race, class, and culture

Takeaways from the conversation on race, class and culture

How ethnic and religious discrimination drive violent extremism

Reports

The century gap: Low economic mobility for black men, 150 years after the Civil War

Multiracial adolescents show no test score gap with whites

Unequal hopes and lives in the U.S.

Convenience plus a conscience: Lessons for school integration

2017 Brown Center Report on American Education: Survey of foreign exchange students

Blog Posts

Trump’s Phoenix caper: Snake oil on the fire

Trump’s Charlottesville response falls flat with the public—and with his working-class base

When white supremacy came to Virginia

Events

Race, class and culture: A conversation with William Julius Wilson and J.D. Vance

Black America Since MLK

Economic mobility and racial inequities: How the next president can revive the American dream

Related Books

What Works in Girls’ Education

Oil in Uganda

The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty

Experts

Camille Busette

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Governance Studies, Metropolitan Policy Program

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

William H. Frey

Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

Multimedia

On Charlottesville, racism, and President Trump’s comments

How Millennials voted this election

Economic mobility and racial inequities: How the next president can revive the American dream

More on Race & Ethnicity

How should the Trump administration respond to right-wing extremism?

Trump and right-wing extremists

Two Blocks From the Culture War: A Local Perspective on Charlottesville

Charlottesville and Donald Trump’s crass political opportunism

Retaining minority teachers in schools where most of their colleagues are white

Lack of hope in America: The high costs of being poor in a rich land