Race in American Public Policy

Zacariah Randall, 4, dances to the music near one of the entertainment stages at the Clarissa Street Reunion at Corn Hill on Saturday afternoon in Rochester. The celebration that stretched down the neighborhood that was an early center of Rochester's African-American culture had three different stages of entertainment, food and vendors and went into the evening. (08/15/2009 - staff photo by Andrea Morales - Democrat and Chronicle)Clarissa Street Reunion

The case for reparations for Black Americans

Andre M. Perry, Rashawn Ray, and Fred Dews

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

A woman wears a name tag and running bib protesting the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery at the Glynn County Courthouse on May 8, 2020, in Brunswick, Georgia. Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Ahmaud Arbery and the dangers of running while black

Vox Friday, May 8, 2020

UNITED STATES - APRIL 23: Members of the Congressional Black Caucus Reps. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., left, and Karen Bass, D-Calif., conduct a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on how COVID-19 disproportionately affects black Americans on Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

The CARES Act Risks Becoming a Caste Act. Here’s How We Change That.

Rashawn Ray, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., and S. Todd Yeary

Newsweek Thursday, May 7, 2020

A memorial left at the site where Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead on a quiet suburban road. Sean Rayford/Getty Images

The killing of Ahmaud Arbery highlights the danger of jogging while black

The Conversation Thursday, May 7, 2020

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Webinar: Reparations for Black Americans—Whether, why, and how?

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

A woman holds a child as she walks past people waiting in line to receive testing during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Lott TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

COVID-19 is turning the Midwest’s long legacy of segregation deadly

Friday, April 17, 2020

A streetcar driver wears a mask amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman

Mapping racial inequity amid COVID-19 underscores policy discriminations against Black Americans

Andre M. Perry, David Harshbarger, and Carl Romer

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Health care workers test people at a drive-thru testing station run by the state health department, for people who suspect they have novel coronavirus, in Denver, Colorado, U.S. March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

Why are Black Americans more likely to die from COVID-19?

Rashawn Ray and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, April 16, 2020

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Why we need reparations for Black Americans

Rashawn Ray and Andre M. Perry

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Shoppers browse in a supermarket while wearing masks to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in north St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. April 4, 2020. Picture taken April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant

How to reduce the racial gap in COVID-19 deaths

Friday, April 10, 2020