Race and Ethnicity

Our greatest barrier is the scarcity of money. Or so we have been told. Charitable giving had a record-breaking year in 2020 at $471.44 billion. Yet, in 2021, but for the notable…

A review of recently published research findings and trends on economic mobility for Black Americans.

After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in…

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…

Just four years ago, following the murder of George Floyd, almost every college and university in the U.S. had at least one diversity, equity and inclusion – or DEI –…

Today, white households at the median hold six times the wealth of Black households, five times the wealth of Hispanic households, and more than 10 times the wealth of Native…

Robert Thomas is now serving up wheatgrass shots at his club-turned-grocery store in Houston, Texas. After the pandemic forced Thomas to shut down the club he ran for five years,…

What makes a city a good place to live? Practical features are important, such as well-maintained streets, good public transit and reliable trash collection. So are amenities that make cities…

Our institutions are slowly starting to take note. In recent years, local governments in Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Illinois have explored reparations as a form of racial healing after generations of institutionalized racism. In…

The Schott Foundation for Public Education’s team left our workshop at the Association of Black Foundation Executives’ 2022 conference this spring feeling hopeful. The room was filled with people leaning…

For more than 50 years, Asian American studies has been a recognized field at American colleges and universities. But outside of California, students who want to study it as a…

“Healing affinity spaces allow Black womxn teachers to break down those silos and build community with other Black educators, and in turn, build …