(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) As our nation continues to experience and suffer from the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow, it is increasingly important that we look more deeply into what causes the enormous racial disparities that exist in income, wealth, education, housing, employment, health, crime—throughout our society. Understanding and then wielding … [Read more...] about “Symposium: Structural Racism” (November-December 2006 P&R Issue)
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Symposium: The Chicago Freedom Movement 40 Years Later
"Assessing the Chicago Freedom Movement" by James Ralph "National Statement to Support Human and Civil Rights for All Immigrants and to Oppose Compromise Immigration Reform Proposals" from the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights "Katrina's Blueprint for Ending Poverty" by Lance Hill "Success and the Chicago Freedom Movement" by Mary Lou Finley "The … [Read more...] about Symposium: The Chicago Freedom Movement 40 Years Later
“Symposium: The ‘School to Prison Pipeline'” (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The growing awareness of disproportionate rates of incarceration among young African-American men—and the severe consequences of even short-term incarceration for education, employment, housing and access to opportunity—have prompted a new search for answers and solutions among civil rights and anti-poverty organizations. This … [Read more...] about “Symposium: The ‘School to Prison Pipeline'” (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
“Symposium: A National Gautreaux Program” (January-February 2005 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Our Nov./Dec. issue featuring Alexander Polikoff's proposal for a national program to "end the ghetto as we know it," building on Chicago's Gautreaux program. We asked a range of knowledgeable folks, all committed to the goal Polikoff put forth, to offer their comments. Polikoff's comments are printed in our March/April 2005 … [Read more...] about “Symposium: A National Gautreaux Program” (January-February 2005 P&R Issue)
“Symposium: After Durban” (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) A selection of commentaries on the August-September 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa. January/February 2002 issue of Poverty & Race The August-September 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial … [Read more...] about “Symposium: After Durban” (January-February 2002 P&R Issue)
