Joint Center in the News

Change font size

Living in Some Parts of Chicago Can Take More Than a Decade Off Your Life

Chicago has remained one of the most segregated cities in America, as this map from a new report on the intersection of place, race and health in...
Nationally-Known Broadband Policy Expert Named to Lead Joint Center Media and Technology Institute

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, one of the nation's leading research and public policy institutions and the only one...
Neighborhood, Not Income, Linked to Chicago Health Disparities

Johnny and Sally both attend the same private high school in Chicago. But when the final bell rings, Johnny goes home to the predominantly African...
Study Shows Relation Between Cook County Neighborhoods And Life Expectancy

As a result of the racial and economic segregation of Cook County neighborhoods, life expectancy varies along neighborhood lines, according to a...
Black Political Power Vanishes Across the South

When President Barack Obama arrives in New Orleans on Wednesday to speak before the National Urban League annual conference, he will touch down in...

Media Contact

Email: media@jointcenter.org

Phone: (202) 789-3500

Focus Magazine

Since 1972, FOCUS magazine has provided coverage of national issues to a leadership audience of over 18,0000 readers.

Blacks and the 2012 Elections: A Preliminary Analysis
David A. Bositis, Ph.D.

December 2012

Place Matters for Health in the South Delta: Ensuring Opportunities for Good Health for All
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

November 2012

Place Matters for Health in Baltimore: Ensuring Opportunities for Good Health for All
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

November 2012

Follow the Joint Center On:

Email Updates

About the Joint Center
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is a catalyst for groundbreaking research and critical policy analysis on topics of concern to all Americans, especially African Americans and other people of color. Founded in 1970 to encourage civic and political participation in the African American community, the Joint Center continues to support black leadership and other black policy makers by serving as a source of trusted information, innovations, and ideas on a broad range of issues. Through its scholarly research, distinctive analyses of issues, and convening of forums, the Joint Center helps guide the policy process toward practical solutions on America's most challenging issues - and toward a better future for all Americans.

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies • 805 Fifteenth Street NW • Second Floor • Washington, DC 20005