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When It Comes to Your Health, Your Zip Code Matters More Than Your Genetic Code

Today is the one year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act and guess what? According to a recent survey, over one half of...
Conversations - Live Q&A: What the Census Says About DC

Roderick J. Harrison, demographer and former Chief of Racial Statistics at the U.S. Census Bureau, discussed what the census results, which were...
Congressman John Lewis To Receive 'Great American' Award

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has announced that it will honor U.S. Representative John Lewis (D-GA) with the 2011 Louis E....
TechNet Hosts First Broadband Map Research Meeting

The bipartisan technology policy group TechNet gathered government officials and leading broadband scholars Tuesday to present the first set of...
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Marks First Anniversary of Health Care Reform Law

As the nation marks one year since the landmark health reform law was enacted, the law is showing a great deal of promise for improving the 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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