The term "redlining" refers to the practice by banks of excluding Black and Brown Americans from receiving loans to buy homes and make…
In July, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against race-consciousness in university admissions decisions, citing the 14th Amendment. Professor…
This paper investigates how having more White coworkers influences the subsequent retention and promotion of Black women. Studying 9,037…
In four distinct American cities, graduate students at Harvard Kennedy School found that criminal legal system agencies rarely meet their…
In observational studies of discrimination, the most common statistical approaches consider either the rate at which decisions are made (…
We show that intergenerational mobility changed rapidly by race and class in recent decades and use these trends to study the causal…
A survey of Bostonians found wide disparities in the ways different racial groups experience their relationship with law enforcement, and…
With diversity, equity, and belonging efforts at universities and other institutions across the country under scrutiny, it’s important to…
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In a new article, Linda Bilmes and Cornell William Brooks examine the many ways the United States has already compensated individuals who…