To improve Black women’s economic well-being, policymakers will need to address systemic racial and gender disparities in education, employment, housing, and health care.
Race and Ethnicity
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Hispanic Health Disparities in the US Trace Back to the Spanish Inquisition
The Conversation Mar 6, 2024Early modern societies in Latin America and Spain saw a convergence of traditional medical knowledge and the professionalization of medicine. The resulting differences in access to care endure today.
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A Social Bond to Strengthen the Social Justice Sector
Ford Foundation Mar 6, 2024Two years ago, as COVID-19 spread to every corner of the world, the virus ushered in a slew of urgent needs while exposing entrenched issues of inequality and injustice. It…
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How Donors Can Push for Meaningful Progress on Climate Justice
Alliance Magazine Mar 5, 2024In the wake of the widespread racial justice protests of the past year, environmental funders are reckoning with their history. For generations, communities of colour have borne the brunt of…
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The Path Forward: How Funders Can Respond to the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Rulings
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Mar 4, 2024All throughout U.S. history, there has been a backlash (or as some people say, a white lash) that seeks to erode or eliminate any advances for historically marginalized groups, following a…
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Women of Color Lead Climate Justice Work, But Struggle to Get Funding
Next City Mar 3, 2024When winter storm Uri hit Houston last February, widespread power outages resulted in residents going days without heat and electricity. Almost half of Texans lost access to clean drinking water. In the…
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Decades of Analyses Suggest US Media Skews Anti-Palestinian
The Conversation Mar 3, 2024How the media talks about suffering on one side compared with the other can often reveal bias in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict coverage, writes a scholar of media bias and the Arab world.
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Strategies to Spark and Harness the Power of Diversity
Forbes Mar 3, 2024There’s been a concerning polarization of perspectives, behaviors and reactions to difference. Here’s how we can help minimize exclusion.
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Racial Justice Framing Within Trust-based Philanthropy
Stanford Social Innovation Review Mar 1, 2024A commitment to racial justice means transforming conventional practices and embracing trust-based philanthropy.
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Land Justice for Black Communities: A Role for Philanthropy
Nonprofit Quarterly Feb 29, 2024The question of land (and its loss) has been prominent throughout African American history. After the US Civil War, many formerly enslaved Black people made tremendous efforts to acquire land.…
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Addressing Mental Health Disparities for Black Women
Washington Area Women's Foundation Feb 29, 2024#AskHer: Addressing Disparities in Black Women’s Mental Health ft. Dr.Tyffani Dent…
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Most Foundations Are Not Retreating from Their Racial Justice Goals
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Feb 28, 2024The results of the recent CEP survey regarding foundation reactions to the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (which consolidated a similar case against University of North Carolina) decision reflect the broad…
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