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Here’s Why Black Americans Are Thriving In These U.S. Cities

Earlier this week, The Brookings Institute and the NAACP launched the “Black Progress Index,” which measures Black American’s “well-being” and life-expectancy.

By

Jessica Washington

Published

September 30, 2022
Culture, Race Matters

Days Before Juneteenth, State Leaders Make Call For Reparations

A panel discussion explored the nationwide push for reparations and how it can redress the harm of slavery .

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

June 14, 2022
Politics

No Peace Without Economic Justice

When Andre Perry thinks about American policing and incarceration, he sees an economic issue as much as a human rights one. “There’s no bigger wealth extractor than the criminal justice system,” Perry, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities told The…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

July 10, 2020
News

Democrats for Education Reform Seek to Empower Parents and Strengthen Black Communities

In a piece entitled, “Democratic Political Infighting Over Education Harms Black Families,” which was published on The Root last month, Dr. Andre Perry claimed that our organization, Democrats for Education Reform, not only “attacked” Hillary Clinton—because our position on charter schools differs from that of the former secretary of state—but also that we have broken away…

By

The Root Staff

Published

August 16, 2016