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Creating a just approach to disaster response and recovery
Join us today for a virtual Earth Day event featuring Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) and other experts discussing disaster response and how government can ensure underserved communities’ risks are minimized and their protection is prioritized.

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Increasing racial and ethnic diversity will drive homeownership over the next two decades
Demographic changes suggest that over the next two decades, the net growth in homeowners will be solely among families of color. But changes in household and homeowner composition will look very different across states.

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Using Pell grants as a targeted approach to student loan forgiveness
Policymakers could consider approaches to loan forgiveness—such as doubling Pell prospectively and retroactively—that better target students who should not have been saddled with debt in the first place and ensure their contemporaries do not have to borrow as much.

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Centering Black voices is key to addressing the Black maternal health crisis
Black women have a maternal mortality rate three to four times higher than white women. In solving the Black maternal health crisis, Black women should be viewed as the experts. (Related read: Black patients are more likely than white patients to be in
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hospitals with worse patient safety conditions ).

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Partial decriminalization of sex work could cause more harm than good
Under a proposed New York bill, pimping and brothels would remain illegal, but sex workers would have prostitution and loitering charges expunged from their records. Yet partial decriminalization is still criminalization and ultimately endangers sex workers.

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How states’ responses to the pandemic might affect safety net programs
The demand for safety net programs, like Medicaid, beckon equitable policy responses. Join a virtual discussion on April 29 exploring racial equity questions now facing state legislatures and program administrators.

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