Poverty & Race Journal

Poverty & Race (ISSN 1075-3591), our quarterly print journal, is a forum for communicating news and ideas, as well as regularly reporting the results of PRRAC-sponsored research, the advocacy work that research has assisted, and other relevant topics. Each issue lists in the Resources Section recent reports and studies on race/poverty issues.

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Churches United for Fair Housing: Organizing and Litigating Against Exclusionary Housing Policies in Brooklyn (April-June 2018 P&R Issue)

June 1, 2018

By Charlie Dulik & Alexandra Fennell Like every major American city, New York is deeply spatially divided along racial lines, due to redlining, … Read More about Churches United for Fair Housing: Organizing and Litigating Against Exclusionary Housing Policies in Brooklyn (April-June 2018 P&R Issue)

Do Housing Choice Voucher Holders Want to Move to Opportunity? (April-June 2018 P&R Issue)

June 1, 2018

By Erin Boggs, Sam Brill & Lisa Dabrowski Introduction Open Communities Alliance (OCA), a Connecticut-based civil rights non-profit that … Read More about Do Housing Choice Voucher Holders Want to Move to Opportunity? (April-June 2018 P&R Issue)

On the Sesquicentennial of the Fourteenth Amendment (April-June 2018 P&R Issue)

June 1, 2018

By Theodore Shaw This year marks the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. As … Read More about On the Sesquicentennial of the Fourteenth Amendment (April-June 2018 P&R Issue)

Honoring the Promise (January-March 2018 P&R Issue)

March 1, 2018

By Shaun Donovan Former Secretary of the Department for Housing and Urban Development The Kerner Commission report was a remarkable leap … Read More about Honoring the Promise (January-March 2018 P&R Issue)

A Matter of Democratic Survival (October-December 2017 P&R Issue)

March 1, 2018

By Sherrilyn Ifill People think: everybody has a race, and so everybody knows about race. But civil rights is actually an incredibly complex … Read More about A Matter of Democratic Survival (October-December 2017 P&R Issue)

Reflections on Kerner at 50: Introduction (October-December 2017 P&R Issue)

March 1, 2018

By Stephen Menendian & Richard Rothstein  Fifty years ago the nation confronted a historical choice, but did not act. In 1968 a special … Read More about Reflections on Kerner at 50: Introduction (October-December 2017 P&R Issue)

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December 1, 2017

By Justin Steil and Nicholas Kelly (in Poverty & Race Journal) After years of sustained pressure from civil rights advocates and support from … Read More about Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory: HUD Suspends AFFH Rule that was Delivering Meaningful Civil Rights Progress (October-December 2017 P&R Issue)

The Constitutional Right to Education is Long Overdue (October-December 2017 P&R Issue)

December 1, 2017

By Derek Black Public school funding has shrunk over the past decade. School discipline rates reached historic highs. Large racial and … Read More about The Constitutional Right to Education is Long Overdue (October-December 2017 P&R Issue)

After the Superstorm (October-December 2017 P&R Issue)

December 1, 2017

By David Rammler Losses and costs of recovery from 2017 hurricanes in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and wildfires in … Read More about After the Superstorm (October-December 2017 P&R Issue)

Combating State Preemption Without Falling into the Local Control Trap (October-December 2017 P&R Issue)

December 1, 2017

By Thomas Silverstein In recent years, there has been a concerted effort by well-funded conservative interests, led by the American Legislative … Read More about Combating State Preemption Without Falling into the Local Control Trap (October-December 2017 P&R Issue)

Cashin: A Reply to Kahlenberg

September 15, 2017

By Sheryll Cashin Richard Kahlenberg is correct in asserting that the unfinished business of the civil rights movement is housing. His call for an … Read More about Cashin: A Reply to Kahlenberg

An Economic Fair Housing Act

September 4, 2017

By Richard D. Kahlenberg A century ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down racial zoning laws that prohibited Black people from buying homes in … Read More about An Economic Fair Housing Act

Stacking the Deck: The Regulatory Accountability Act’s Threat to Civil Rights

August 24, 2017

A bill that would drastically change the way federal agencies design regulations is on its way to a Senate vote. The Trump administration has made … Read More about Stacking the Deck: The Regulatory Accountability Act’s Threat to Civil Rights

Stewards of Tolerance

July 5, 2017

By John King, former Secretary of Education July-September 2017 Issue of Poverty & Race This fall, teachers and students all across the country … Read More about Stewards of Tolerance

Mass Incarceration and Child Trauma

July 5, 2017

By Mary Kelly Persyn Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions is rapidly deconstructing the bipartisan federal criminal justice reform … Read More about Mass Incarceration and Child Trauma

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