The US has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. When it comes to violent offenders and the Black community, the system isn’t working, argue criminologists.
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A social work scholar researches why school suspensions disproportionately affect students from certain groups and what can be done to change that.
More than 600,000 Brazilians have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. A new report says the policies of President Jair Bolsonaro are responsible for around half.
Race and religion have intertwined since the earliest days of the US. Critical race theory can explore how white supremacy has operated through religious establishments.
New research confirms that unfair police treatment is psychologically damaging and that the consequences are decidedly worse for certain racial and ethnic groups.
A team of experts are projecting that after a steep increase in 2020, food insecurity rates will dip in 2021. But behind this is a racial gap – rates for Black Americans will remain stubbornly high.
The pandemic has exposed inequalities in society. There is concern that tying freedoms to vaccinations may further disadvantage vulnerable groups.
With fewer funds to fall back on, minority-owned enterprises have struggled in the recession. To make things worse, many are in sectors that have been badly hit by lockdowns.
The economic status of Black Americans hasn’t changed since the Fed was handed its mandate in 1977. Could targeting Black unemployment, encouraging credit and reporting discrepancies narrow the gap?
Although many Black churches have an aging hierarchy, other factors such as racial and economic disparities place barriers to going online.
Confronting the massive social problems caused by the coronavirus requires policies built on compassion, solidarity and justice – core values of virtuous societies worldwide.
Black farmers own far less land than they did in 1910 and the racial gap in homeownership is at the highest level for 50 years.
The child support grant, as a policy instrument, cannot work alone in ensuring that young people thrive and succeed.
Some school districts are moving to cut back on the use of suspensions. But if school discipline reforms are not implemented in a thoughtful way, classrooms may become harder to manage.
Can the race of a teaching assistant have an impact on student grades?
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Director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University
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Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
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PhD Student, University of California, Davis
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Associate professor at the Centre for Social Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, Global Health Management and Policy and Political Science, University of Michigan
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Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, and Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Social Welfare Policy, Boston University
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Professor, African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Assistant Professor of Public Management and Policy, Georgia State University
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Adjunct Professor of Religious and Theological Studies, St. Edward's University
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Assistant Professor, Social Work, Ohio University
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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
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Clinical Instructor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
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Visiting Scholar, Dartmouth College
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Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, University of Arizona
