Race in American Public Policy

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Three protesters embrace each other during a peaceful protest against police violence organized by the San Francisco LGBT Community Center in San Francisco, California December 24, 2014. An 18-year old black teen was fatally shot by police at a gas station late on Tuesday in a St. Louis suburb near where unarmed teen Michael Brown was killed by a white officer in August. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)

Up Front

Racial gaps in hope, ill-being, and deaths of despair

Carol Graham

Thursday, February 27, 2020

Patient Sharon Dawson Coates (L) has her knee examined by Dr. Nikhil Narang at University of Chicago Medicine Urgent Care Clinic in Chicago June 28, 2012. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION HEALTH)

USC-Brookings Schaeffer on Health Policy

There are clear, race-based inequalities in health insurance and health outcomes

Christen Linke Young

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

The Avenue

Discriminatory housing practices are leading to the devaluation of Black Americans

Andre M. Perry

Thursday, February 13, 2020

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Research

The Detroit Free Press takes a look at the preparedness, in light of mass shootings, of the Detroit Police department's Crime Intel Unit Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, which does counter terrorism threat assessments. A crime analyst looks over several different surveillance cameras positioned around Detroit.Detroitpolice 080919 01 Mw

Technology & Innovation

Police surveillance and facial recognition: Why data privacy is imperative for communities of color

Nicol Turner Lee and Caitlin Chin

Tuesday April 12, 2022

Toy figures standing on stacks of coins.

Monetary Policy

Monetary policy and racial inequality

Alina Kristin Bartscher, Moritz Kuhn, Moritz Schularick, and Paul Wachtel

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Demographics & Population

Gender and racial diversity of federal government economists: 2020 data

David Wessel, Lorena Hernandez Barcena, and Nasiha Salwati

Thursday, December 9, 2021

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Blog Posts

A person uses a smartphone in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., February 11, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

TechTank

Civil rights groups help put privacy legislation within reach

Cameron F. Kerry

Thursday, May 26, 2022

A "Now Hiring" sign stands outside a business.

TechTank

The EEOC wants to make AI hiring fairer for people with disabilities

Alex Engler

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Protesters rally to call attention to Asian-American discrimination and remember the Asian-American lives lost in a series of shootings last night in Atlanta, in Chinatown, Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Last night a White gunman allegedly targeted Asian-American owned massage parlors around Atlanta killing eight in a string of shootings, including six women of Asian heritage, as reported hate crimes against Asian-Americans have risen dramatically during the pandemic. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

How We Rise

Confronting the invisibility of anti-Asian racism

Jennifer Lee

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

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Events

Experts

Camille Busette

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro, Economic Studies, Governance Studies

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

@CamilleBusette

Nicol Turner Lee

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Director - Center for Technology Innovation

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Richard V. Reeves

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative

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Multimedia

Robert Brox, center, and his wife, Jolie Brox, co owners of Fit 4 You MKE discuss their lavender lemonade and health products at their booth set up as part of the annual Kwanzaa celebration at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society on West Center Street in Milwaukee on Sunday. The annual celebration of African American culture featured speakers, various food vendors and dancing and drumming.Kwanzaa 4310

Podcast Episode

Valuing Black assets in Black communities

Andre M. Perry and Fred Dews

Friday, February 4, 2022

Podcast Episode

Brookings Metro at 25: Building a more prosperous, just, and resilient future

Jade Arn, Alan Berube, Molly Kinder, Amy Liu, Mark Muro, Joseph Parilla, Andre M. Perry, Jenny Schuetz, and Fred Dews

Friday, December 17, 2021

Community historian Morris “Dino” Robinson, who helped shape the Evanston’s reparations initiative, points to the borders of the Fifth Ward, which was the area of Evanston the city’s Black citizens were forced to move to due to redlining between 1919 and 1969, in Evanston, Illinois, U.S March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Eileen T. Meslar

Podcast Episode

When is a public policy racist?

William G. Gale and Fred Dews

Friday, November 26, 2021

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More on Race in American Public Policy

The U.S. can improve its AI governance strategy by addressing online biases

Nicol Turner Lee and Samantha Lai

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Members of the Buffalo Police department work at the scene of a shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, U.S. May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Preventing racial hate crimes means tackling white supremacist ideology

Rashawn Ray

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

How a Minneapolis public history project is building political will to redress racial housing disparities

Kirsten Delegard and Danya Leebaw

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

People sit in the observation area after receiving a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Shiloh Baptist church on March 7, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. The one-day outreach to the Black community in the Parramore neighborhood hoped to administer 600 vaccines to local residents. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Churches are closing in predominantly Black communities – why public health officials should be concerned

Yusuf Ransome, Insang Song, Linh Pham, and Camille Busette

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Students in the Mexican state of Chihuahua

The long-run impacts of Mexican-American school desegregation

Francisca M. Antman and Kalena E. Cortes

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Young protesters march for justice system reform and equity in education in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 1, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

Overcoming racism to advance economic opportunity

Camille Busette

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

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Forensic algorithms: The future of technology in the US legal system

A conversation on the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys

A policy agenda for Black Americans in 2022

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro, Economic Studies, Governance Studies

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Director - Center for Technology Innovation

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative