Race in American Public Policy

People attend a rally against student debt outside the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2022. Members of the Debt Collective, which describes itself as a borrowers' union, called for President Joe Biden to abolish all student loan debt by executive order, with a pandemic-era pause on payments set to end in May. (Photo by Alejandro Alvarez/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

What will student loan forgiveness mean for Black students and families?

Andre M. Perry and Adrianna Pita

Friday, August 26, 2022

Toy figures standing on stacks of coins.

Monetary policy and racial inequality

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

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

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

Valuing Black assets in Black communities

Andre M. Perry and Fred Dews

Friday, February 4, 2022

City illustration

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

When is a public policy racist?

William G. Gale and Fred Dews

Friday, November 26, 2021

Teenage Girl At Home Using Digital Tablet Being Bullied On Line

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

Politics and the pandemic in Latino and Native American communities

Gabriel R. Sanchez and Fred Dews

Friday, October 15, 2021

There Is Nothing For You Here

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

By Fiona Hill

2021

Diverse crowd of people illustration

White decline and increased diversity in America’s aging population

William H. Frey and Fred Dews

Friday, October 1, 2021

Human figurines on a graph chart.

The economic gains from equity

Shelby R. Buckman, Laura Y. Choi, Mary C. Daly, and Lily M. Seitelman

Wednesday, September 8, 2021