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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Race in American Public Policy

Public finance and racism

William G. Gale

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Hamson McPherson (R), 77, looks over paper work from Wells Fargo regarding a denied loan modification request for his mortgage, with Shabnam Faruki, a lawyer at Staten Island Legal Services, in Staten Island, New York, December 9, 2011. McPherson has owned his home since 1974 but was recently denied by Wells Fargo for a loan modification request. McPherson is now working with Shabnam Faruki, a lawyer at Staten Island Legal Services to appeal the bank on their denial. Three years after the foreclosure crisis began, the process to apply for a loan modification remains a bureaucratic nightmare that is complicating the housing recovery and could dull the impact of any Obama administration initiatives in the works. Picture taken December 9, 2011. To match Analysis USA/HOUSING-FORECLOSURES REUTERS/Andrew Burton (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS REAL ESTATE)

Report

An analysis of financial institutions in Black-majority communities: Black borrowers and depositors face considerable challenges in accessing banking services

Kristen Broady, Mac McComas, and Amine Ouazad

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Bystander Intervention on Social Media report

Telecommunications & Internet

Bystander intervention on social media: Examining cyberbullying and reactions to systemic racism

Rashawn Ray, Melissa Brown, Edward Summers, Samantha Elizondo, and Connor Powelson

Monday, October 25, 2021

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Blog Posts

To recognize the six U.S. Native American nations represented by students enrolled at The University of Southern Mississippi, the flag of each nation is now flying at R.C. University Union. Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021.Southern Miss Native American Flags

The Avenue

The monthly jobs report ignores Native Americans. How are they faring economically?

Gabriel R. Sanchez, Robert Maxim, and Raymond Foxworth

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

The Avenue

Big cities aren’t dividing America. They hold the key to our collective future

Amy Liu and Alan Berube

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is set against a blue sky in Washington, U.S., May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

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Despite a strong October jobs report, Black unemployment remains too high to justify the Fed’s recent decision to decrease bond purchases

Kristen Broady and Anthony Barr

Monday, November 8, 2021

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Experts

Andre M. Perry

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

@andreperryedu

Camille Busette

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Governance Studies, Brookings Metro

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

@CamilleBusette

Richard V. Reeves

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative

RichardvReeves

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Multimedia

Teenage Girl At Home Using Digital Tablet Being Bullied On Line

Podcast Episode

Cyberbullying and bystander intervention

Melissa Brown, Rashawn Ray, and Fred Dews

Friday, November 5, 2021

Several hundred immigration activists gather near the White House on October 7, 2021 to urge the Biden administration to pass a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Podcast Episode

Politics and the pandemic in Latino and Native American communities

Gabriel R. Sanchez and Fred Dews

Friday, October 15, 2021

Podcast Episode

White decline and increased diversity in America’s aging population

William H. Frey and Fred Dews

Friday, October 1, 2021

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Race and Jobs at Risk of Being Automated in the Age of COVID-19

Kristen Broady

Monday, November 8, 2021

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How Fintech Companies Can Mitigate the Racial Wealth Gap

Kristen Broady

Monday, November 8, 2021

Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin speaks during his election night party at a hotel in Chantilly, Virginia, U.S., November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump didn’t invent racism; racism invented Trump and other elected hopefuls

Andre M. Perry

Friday, November 5, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his Build Back Better infrastructure agenda at the NJ TRANSIT Meadowlands Maintenance Complex in Kearny, New Jersey, U.S., October 25, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

What does the Build Back Better Framework mean for BIPOC communities?

Kristen Broady, Camille Busette, Tonantzin Carmona, Keon L. Gilbert, Carlos Martín, Robert Maxim, Andre M. Perry, Rashawn Ray, and Gabriel R. Sanchez

Friday, November 5, 2021

The Future of Regional Economic Development and Implications for U.S. Economic Development Administration Programs

Amy Liu

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Black Lives Matter protesters in front of the White House.

It’s long overdue for public finance scholars to study racism in the tax code

William G. Gale

Thursday, November 4, 2021

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

Creating a tech equity agenda to advance American democracy

Examining the effects of student debt cancellation

Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Governance Studies, Brookings Metro

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative