This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are many obstacles in finding a job in the United States. Some of these obstacles are socially constructed, such as more household responsibilities shouldered by women compared to men. Other obstacles…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many students of color are put in special education for learning disabilities, but it’s more often due to social injustices rather than racially biased teachers, according to a study by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The tragic, high-profile killings of George Floyd and other Black Americans in 2020 have sparked a reckoning on race. As researchers of philanthropy, we’re keeping an eye on how this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Forty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Black women continue to bear the highest burden of HIV among women. Although Black women represent only 13% of the female population, they accounted…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Residential energy use represents roughly one-fifth of annual greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. A team of researchers used data from 60 million individual United States households to look…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The phrase “school-to-prison pipeline” has long been used to describe how schools respond to disciplinary problems with excessively stringent policies that create prison-like environments and funnel children who don’t fall…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We discussed how philanthropy can start to advance racial equity in the first two parts of this blog series: Developing a Shared Language and Introducing an Anti-Racist Intersectional Frame. Now,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Systemic inequities, a global pandemic, and violence from both state and private actors have created the perfect storm. Black, Asian, Indigenous, migrant, Roma and racialised communities around the world have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. High-profile police shootings and deaths of black men in custody – or even while out jogging – bring cries of racism across the country. The May 25 death of George…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past two decades, the number of Black adults with a college degree has more than doubled, from 3 million to 6.7 million, marking an increase in the percentage of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Households of color often experience worse homeownership outcomes because of structural barriers, such as systemic discrimination in employment and mortgage underwriting, that reduce their ability to purchase a home, increase the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. National organizing and narrative: The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of over 100 groups with a national leadership team of experienced organizers and leaders. Color of Change, a nationwide…