Race and Ethnicity

Since 1978, the court has allowed colleges and universities to consider the race of applicants. That decision was reaffirmed repeatedly until the current ruling by the court’s conservative majority.

When the board of a foundation dedicated to innovation in healthcare delivery asked, “What could we achieve with advocacy?”, the question changed the entire trajectory of its philanthropy. Executive Director…

During his State of the Union address last week, President Biden discussed the historic, bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which, he suggested, will help the nation “withstand the devastating effects…

In June 2020, when staff members at the organization I lead — the East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) — asked me to designate Juneteenth as an office holiday, I…

Homeowners in mostly white communities prefer to risk another flood rather than move to a more diverse neighborhood on safer ground.

I talked with Abdul Dosunmu, who runs the Climate Justice Funders Pledge, about why BIPOC leadership is important to the climate fight, how transparency changes the behavior of foundations, and how to improve the relationship between environmental justice groups and big funders.

Two disaster response experts mapped who gets FEMA buyouts and where they go. It turns out, they don’t go far.

A new study shows that decreasing greenhouse gases alone isn’t enough to save neighborhoods of color from toxic air pollution.

The team behind the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund (EOCF) recently took a look back at positive outcomes and experience working with CDFIs to expand access to capital for underserved businesses.

Students hear a lot of advice about the importance of what they do in high school, but they aren’t all hearing the same guidance. At least, that’s …

When it comes to reducing flood risk, FEMA’s home buyout program is working. It may also be fueling segregation.

A look back to the 19th century puts contemporary cultural appropriation of Indigenous spiritual practices and healing in context.