New York Communities of Color Mobilize to Win Transportation AccessARC Releases Report on COMMUTE and Fight for Transit Equity in NYC
New York Communities of Color Mobilize to Win Transportation AccessARC Publishes Racing the Statehouse
Solving Racial Issues in Our Own Backyard‘Racing the Statehouse’ Finds States Can Take Action to Address Racial Inequity
ARC Publishes Fifth Edition of California Legislative Report Card On Racial Equity
Senate Meets on Budget, But California Lawmakers Already Failed the GradeARC Publishes Fifth Edition of California Legislative Report Card On Racial Equity
Going Deep: Race, Politics and Obama’s First Year
ARC Experts Available to Comment on MLK, Race Relations and Obama Anniversary Greening Los Angeles: A Case Study
New Report Highlights L.A. Initiative to Boost Green Jobs for Communities of Color
Casting a Wider Net for Green Jobs
ARC releases guide to ensure shared benefits from the green economy
Torn Apart by Deportation
ColorLines
magazine
went on the road from New York to Jamaica this summer to investigate
the collateral effects of deportation on immigrant communities. The
resulting Torn Apart article series and multimedia project
is being released today at http://www.colorlines.com/tornapart
Changing the Race: Prominent Authors Contest “Post-Racial Presidency”
ARC Releases Edited Volume Analyzing Racial Politics and Election of Barack Obama
Linda Burnham, Editor
Media Contact: Debayani Kar 510.338.4917 or [email protected]
October 1, 2009: The Applied Research Center (ARC) has released an edited volume featuring 20 prominent thinkers and activists on race and the 2008 election, Changing the Race: Racial Politics and the Election of Barack Obama. This election reader comes just as the nation debates whether the aggressive criticism of President Obama over the past few months is rooted in racism.
New Report Findings Link Racial Discrimination to Economic Recession
Applied Research Center Says Solving Structural Inequities will Alleviate Recession
To learn more and download the report, go to www.arc.org/recession
A report released today by the Applied Research Center (ARC), a racial justice think-tank, finds that an inclusive and equitable national economic recovery will require that the country address deep patterns of racial discrimination and disparities. The report, titled “Race & Recession,” found that numerous policies and institutional practices that create racial inequity are among the root causes of the subprime mortgage crisis and economic downturn. While several economists and analysts have focused on the “what” and “how” questions behind the current recession, an in-depth analysis of income, unemployment, foreclosures, and public benefits brings the largely overlooked “who” into the analysis: Who were predatory loans targeted towards? Which Americans are losing jobs?