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Topic: Social PolicyResearch
March 2010
As it celebrates is 40th anniversary, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has set an ambitious agenda for the new Congress. With a former member of the CBC serving as the President of the United States and other members serving esteemed roles in Congress, the CBC is in a position to have extraordinary influence on key legislation during hte next two years.
March 2010
Joint Center Senior Research Associate Dr. Wilhelmina Leigh and Research Intern Lauren Ross look at the subprime mortgage market collapse, its implications for African Americans and the corrective proposals of the two major candidates for President.
December 2009
The upcoming decennial census will have an enormous impact on political representation and allocation of government funding.
September 2009
It seems that the spring won't be much more favorable to the economy than the winter--while the April showers may have brought May flowers, according to recent job data, they also brought another 500,000 pink slips.
June 2009
World War II brought a wave of unity America. Service became an expectation of all citizens--whether it was serving in the armed forces, volunteering at home, working overtime in war production or participating in the daily work of the American Red Cross.
First Things First: Identifying Best Practices to Improve Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes
April 2009
Retrospective studies have been largely reassuring that fathers play a vital role in the family unit structure.
June 2008
Political empowerment requires full engagement.
May 2008
The urgent search for solutions to a national crisis.
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September 2012
While advocates of voter identification laws say the goal is to prevent fraud at the polls, Rep. Elijah Cummings insists that what is really at work is voter suppression during a campaign that promises to be a tighter than ever race for the presidency.
“As many as one in four African-American voters, more than one in six Hispanic voters, and about one in ten eligible voters overall do...
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September 2012
Danielle Deane, Director of the Joint Center's Energy and Environment Program, and Faith Taylor, Director of Sustainability for Wyndham Group Worldwide, discuss climate change, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability at a panel held by the American Sustainable Business Council. The panel was part of a larger event, "Summit for a Sustainable Economy," held by ASBC at the...
Archived Research
April 1, 2007
Between 1997 and 2005, numerous polls were conducted to assess the views of the U.S. population about savings behavior, expected sources of retirement income, and the status of the Social Security system. This report examines findings from these polls for African Americans, white Americans, and persons of all races (combined) and makes comparisons across racial/ethnic groups as data allow. The...
January 1, 2001
The following analysis addresses one of the most important developments affecting the economic, social, and political life of African Americans in the new century. Generational cleavages are altering the bedrock of both national life and black life in the United States. These changes are governed by time and history, and they reflect the nation's economic, political, and social change as well as...
