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Though racial identities continue to shape access to jobs, health and education, critical questions of racial equity remain unanswered.
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May 18, 2009
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Applied Research Center Says Solving Structural Inequities will Alleviate Recession To learn more and download the report, go to www.arc.org/recession A report released today by the Applied Research Center (ARC), a racial justice think-tank, finds that an inclusive and equitable national economic recovery will require that the country address deep patterns of racial discrimination and disparities. The report, titled “Race & Recession,” found that numerous policies and institutional practices that create racial inequity are among the root causes of the subprime mortgage crisis and economic downturn. While several economists and analysts have focused on the “what” and “how” questions behind the current recession, an in-depth analysis of income, unemployment, foreclosures, and public benefits brings the largely overlooked “who” into the analysis: Who were predatory loans targeted towards? Which Americans are losing jobs? |
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June 18, 2009
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 Over the past two weeks, Americans struggled to make sense of tragic
shootings that seemed disconnected at first glance. Anti-Semite James
Von Brunn killed Stephen T. Johns, a black security guard at the Holocaust Museum. George Tiller's
murder a few days earlier seemed to be about abortion, yet his shooter,
Scott Roeder, also had roots in the racial purity movement. Yesterday,
it was reported that the murders of Raul Flores and his daughter in Arizona were charged to three people with white supremacist ambitions.
Read the rest of this article at the Huffington Post .
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July 02, 2009
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by Gene Davis, DDN Staff Writer
A new report from the Colorado Progressive Coalition gives Gov. Bill Ritter and the Colorado legislature a C- for their efforts in the 2009 session to increase racial equality within Colorado.
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The Accidental American is a book about the challenges and
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A project of the Applied Research Center’s Grass Roots Innovative Policy Program.
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2009 Racial Justice Media Toolkit: 4 videos on DVD, PLUS PDF Reports including the Compact…
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Just released April 2009! Report on low-income children at risk. Double standards in childcare…
The Applied Research Center (ARC) released the findings of its second annual Facing Race:…
Catalytic Change: Lessons Learned from the Racial Justice Grantmaking Assessment. The Applied Research Center (ARC)…
As part of ARC's "Check the ColorLine" series, this fact sheet provides a brief…
Obama's 100-day Climb: Flyer download, video, poll and action links.
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