Race and Ethnicity

Too often, journalists write about marginalized communities, focusing mainly on their problems. Not Oscar Perry Abello (Next City) and Priti Salian (freelance), who have long written with and for communities. Between them, they’ve produced more than 75 stories exploring what’s working…

Indigenous people are at the frontlines of so many different struggles around the world, and we’re up against drastic odds. Our life expectancy rates are 5.5 years lower than the general US population,…

Latino workers represent a large and growing share of the U.S. workforce. But even with the highest employment rates in the United States, Latinos face a number of barriers to accessing good…

The nonprofit Front Porch Investments is preparing to launch a “Greenlining Fund” to help reverse the historic and ill effects of local redlining. The organization, supported by major philanthropic foundations…

How do leaders translate collective action into political power—or not? How do they build a constituency of people that stands behind them, and then wield the power of that constituency…

Through her work on Black geographies, Dr. Ashanté Reese is using her research and storytelling to help advance efforts to help communities access food more sustainably. A Professor of African…

Spanning over 400 years in the Americas, the Muslim American story is long and multifaceted. Muslims are one of the most diverse faith communities in the United States with no…

More than half of Medicare beneficiaries are diagnosed with dementia during their lifetime and, of those diagnosed who receive intensive end-of-life care, most are from racial and ethnic minority groups,…