Race and Ethnicity

At the Commonwealth Fund, we have long been focused on shaping national health policy with respect to coverage, cost, quality, and equity. In recent years, we have also embraced the…

The movement for reparations in the United States—a Black-led movement that began even before slavery’s end—is making unprecedented strides forward, and governments across the country are beginning to act. In…

Lost amid dire predictions about a Republican takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections is the fact that more women of color were nominated in House primaries…

By working with the people who know their communities best, the Equity First Vaccination Initiative showed how we can continue to remove barriers and improve equity-centered public health. The 20…

Who will tell the stories that shape our future? These days, in the United States, this is a matter of fierce disagreement. On one side, a multiracial majority of people…

After decades of negotiations, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) have finalized a $1.9 billion water rights settlement that resolves thousands of tribal claims tied to waterways throughout western…

On a sunny and cool September Saturday in 2011, hundreds of activists and protestors took to Zuccotti Park in New York City’s Financial District. They set up tents, mutual aid stations, and…

COVID-19 has put the American health care system’s deeply entrenched inequities into high relief. The social, economic and political structures that predated the pandemic’s public health crisis and resulting recession…

Black and Hispanic women experience cardiometabolic risks five to 11 years earlier than white women, but studies often underestimate the disparity, new research shows. These biases concerning heart disease and…