While the sands are shifting, the percentage of overall venture capital flowing to female founders and entrepreneurs of color remains woefully low. According to the latest PitchBook and CrunchBase stats…
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Jennifer Bouey had a warning for the members of Congress sitting in front of her. It was March 2020. Schools were closing, streets were emptying, and she was testifying about what the…
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Black and Indigenous people receive disproportionate disciplinary writeups in the North Carolina state prison system. As a result, incarcerated Black and Indigenous people are more likely than their white counterparts…
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Employment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in the United States is not equitable. Women, particularly Black and Hispanic women, are underrepresented in many sub-sectors of STEM and face larger wage…
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Pre-pandemic, Black children in Pennsylvania had less access to high-quality preschool than white children, according to a new report. Researchers at Pennsylvania State University found that this disparity was due primarily…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Belonging to one or more groups with long-standing social and economic disadvantages increases the risk of…
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On his first day in office, President Biden signed nine executive orders, beginning with a tone-setting declaration that federal agencies should advance racial equity and support underserved communities. Urban Institute experts…
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have long been overlooked as integral to sustainability programs. That changed during the COVID-19 crisis, which has shone a brighter light on social inequities…
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On the Hawaiian island of Moloka’i, residents—many of whom are Native Hawaiian—pay a high price for electricity: $0.41 per kilowatt hour compared to the United States average of $0.13. Though Moloka’i…
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These social challenges constitute barriers for applicants that go far beyond the obvious professional hurdles. As a result, only few exceptional people from excluded communities choose to study and work…
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June 16 — Youth Day in South Africa — commemorates the day in 1976 when black youth in Soweto rose up against the apartheid regime. In the U.S., it is…