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.
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.
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.
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
hospitals with worse patient safety conditions).
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.
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.
