The Interconnection Between School Finance and Segregation Introduction Nearly 70 years ago, the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education framed racial segregation as the cause of educational inequality. But Brown and its progeny never seriously examined the ways in which inadequate school funding is intertwined with race and segregation—and places students of color in a … [Read more...] about Poverty & Race Journal (April – July 2023)
Resources (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
April 10, 2023 Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.1 (Jan - March 2023) Education George, J., Darling-Hammond, L., & Plasencia, S. (2023). Advancing integration and equity through magnet schools [Policy brief]. Learning Policy Institute. … [Read more...] about Resources (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
Los Angeles’ Housing Revolution (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
April 10, 2023 Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.1 (Jan - March 2023) Peter Dreier The recent upsurges of both labor organizing and tenant activism came together in Los Angeles last year in a dramatic victory at the polls (Dougherty, 2022; Greenhouse, 2022). In November, 58% of Los Angeles voters embraced a … [Read more...] about Los Angeles’ Housing Revolution (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
The Right to a Tenant Union and the Fight for Rent Control in New York State (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
April 10, 2023 Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.1 (Jan - March 2023) Cea Weaver New York is in a housing crisis by nearly every metric. Rent is unaffordable. Evictions are rising to pre-pandemic levels. Over 100,000 students in the New York City public school system are homeless. Housing precarity brings with it … [Read more...] about The Right to a Tenant Union and the Fight for Rent Control in New York State (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
Law, Political Economy, and Racialized Rent Gaps (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
April 10, 2023 Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.1 (Jan - March 2023) John Whitlow One of the central insights of the analytic frame of racial capitalism is that processes of capital accumulation generate – and, in fact, depend on – racial differentiation. Put differently, racism is an essential element of … [Read more...] about Law, Political Economy, and Racialized Rent Gaps (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
