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Biden: Restricting Voting is 'Immoral'

Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday bashed voting rights requirements — calling them “immoral, callous” — and warned of...
Study: Blacks, Whites in Education Equally Likely to Anticipate Stable Retirement

Among U.S. workers, nearly 90 percent of Americans employed in K-12 and higher education actively save for their retirement compared to 59 percent...
PLACE MATTERS Team Members Join Members of Congress to Talk Racial and Health Inequities

This morning, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies’ Health Policy Institute hosted members of Congress and a panel of local...
Blacks Less Prepared for the Next Financial Crisis

Minorities clinging to the middle class have come out of the Great Recession at a higher risk for falling into poverty during the next economic...
Oregon House Passes Cultural Competency Bill For Tracking And Reporting Cultural Competency For Health Professionals

Cultural Competence Training for Health Professionals (HB 2611), led by communities of color who face significant and persistent health...

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The Deep South and Medicaid Expansion: The View From Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina
David A. Bositis, Ph.D.

May 2013

Retirement Confidence in the Education Sector: Comparisons by Race
Wilhelmina A. Leigh, Ph.D.

April 2013

Further to Go: Job Creation in African American Communities

Michael R. Wenger

Ying Li, Ph.D.

April 2013

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