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December 10, 2018 is the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1948, in the aftermath of the fall of the Nazi regime, the United States joined many countries in the world and signed the Declaration. Several of the rights listed in the document were already within the U.S
Blog
Algernon Austin
The Trump administration’s “public charge” regulation would have harmed people like me and my mom.
Press release/statement
Causten E. Rodriguez-Wollerman
Facebook’s decision to hire a right-wing consulting firm to plant false stories about Color of Change and others who dared to call out Facebook was a nefarious smokescreen to save themselves from well-deserved criticism about the online platform and its business practices.
Press release/statement
K. Sabeel Rahman
Home ownership is a major contributing factor to the racial wealth gap, as Demos, a left-of-center think tank, previously argued in a 2015 report. Seventy-three percent of white households own their home, Demos found; in sharp contrast, home ownership drops to 45 percent among black households.
In the media
Sarah Jones
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Latina smiling, walking on street in winter
November 1st is Latina Equal Pay Day, marking the date when the typical Latina woman’s wages since January 1, 2017 finally catch up to what the typical white man was paid in calendar year 2017.
Blog
Amy Traub
Miranda Galindo
Current federal policy falls well short of the robust agenda we need to lift up working families of all races, but we know how to change that.
Blog
Adam Lioz
A system of “justice” cannot operate with true legitimacy this way.
In the media
Vijay Das
Naila Awan
Rather than try to dismantle one of the few tools we have to keep this problem from getting worse, this administration should take a more nuanced and comprehensive approach toward making our campuses more reflective of our society, particularly for the most diverse generation of students ever.
In the media
Mark Huelsman
People care about race and class. Policymakers should be speaking to both.
In the media
Ryan C. Brooks
Ruby Cramer
For decades, black unemployment has remained roughly twice the rate of unemployment for white workers, regardless of a job seeker’s level of education. Social exclusion shows us why.
Blog
Amy Traub