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Dr. Wilhelmina Leigh, on June 2, 2009, discussed 21st century retirement issues at a forum for 20 journalists sponsored by the National Press Foundation in Washington, DC.

HPI's Place Matters Team Looks at Health Disparities in Baltimore, Channel 2, WMAR.

On NPR's Tell Me More, Dr. Louis Sullivan of the Joint Center's Sullivan Alliance, discusses a new study documenting how women of color have less access to health care services than their white counterparts.

June 20-30, 2009

81% of African Americans support climate action, Red, Green, and Blue

Economic, community and political leaders to confront 'wealth gap,' Yahoo! News, PR Newswire, Sun Herald, AOL News, Fox Business

High court rules narrowly in voting rights case, NPR

Saving for retirement? Not so easy if you have no disposable income, Examiner

Group says wife 'puts a cloud' on Rep. Conyers, The Detroit News

HPI News

Post-Election Political Panel on November 5. Click here for video

Statement by Joint Center President and CEO Ralph B. Everett Click here

Joint Center Vice President Brian D. Smedley's testimony on June 23 about health care reform legislation and health inequities before the House Commerce subcommittee on Health.

- Place Matters Initiative

- Sullivan Alliance

- Unnatural Causes

- HPI News

Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change Issues Principles for Equitable Climate Program

Joint Center Climate Commission Hosts Town Hall Meeting

Civil Rights and Corporate Leaders Join Commission on Climate Change

Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change FACT SHEET

Fact Sheet in Spanish / Hoja informativa en Español

Technology Leaders Applaud Joint Center on Launching New Institute to Focus on How Minorities Use Media

June 25, 2009
Economic, Community and Political Leaders to Confront “Wealth Gap”

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Infant mortality is an especially troubling problem among African Americans. Black babies are more than twice as likely to die before they reach their first birthday as white babies. However, black women breastfeed at the lowest rates of any racial group in our nation. Learn more.