Race and Ethnicity

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI*) communities are leading a shift in the philanthropic landscape. As demonstrated in the “Stop Asian Hate” movement or in response to the Maui wildfire’s…

The Biden Administration is at the point of releasing a final rule articulating the obligation of communities to “affirmatively further fair housing,” an important yet unrealized aspect of the Fair…

The city’s past efforts to confront barriers for Black males fizzled due to a lack of coordination, metrics and resources, officials say.

In Memphis, a $25 million project to restore the historic Clayborn Temple is about more than historic preservation. It is about building the community’s future.

Artist As First Responder is a relatively new philanthropic organization dedicated to escalating the voices of Black, Indigenous, and other artists of color, but its roots have been in and…

Suicide and overdoses are among the leading causes of maternal death in the United States.

White saviors have been called out for decades, but in 2012 the descriptor sprinted around Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and the media after Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole wrote a series of tweets that struck…

During few times in our country’s history has leadership in education been more critical. Far too many communities continue to face the enduring impacts of systematic racism and generational poverty.…

A colleague recently told me that climate justice is about building ties between people, their land, and their traditional, ancestral ways. In all my years of doing environmental work, this…

Redlining has inscribed unjust boundaries in our cities and worsened inequality. It’s time for bold policy solutions.

Scholar Rashad Shabazz explains how anti-Black bias is so central to American policing that even Black officers are influenced by it.

Based on interviews with Black women and Black gender-expansive leaders across the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, the report from the …