Research in The Review of Black Political Economy suggests analyses on the racial wage gap don’t capture the whole economic story when they fail to account for prisoners and people with long unemployment spells.
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Experiments in two well-known New York City neighborhoods use video to explore whether pedestrians physically avoid young Black men more than young white men.
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The conversation about newsroom diversity, race in journalism and coverage of race in the news is one the profession has been circling back to for decades. These seven papers can help inform the discussion.
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Research shows that menthol cigarette use is highest among young smokers.
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A new paper quantifies the amount of household instability U.S. children experience over the course of their childhoods. A key source of instability: siblings, stepsiblings and other relatives.
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A new paper out of the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that for each additional dollar in per capita tax revenue collected in 1870, a black politician was 25% more likely to experience violence.
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A childhood obesity prevention program helped kids get healthier, especially minority children, new research finds.
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Adults who had incarcerated parents are less likely to get medical care when they need it and more likely to engage in risky behaviors.
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A shorter course of treatment for hepatitis C works just as well as a longer one for black patients.
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Efforts at improving health equity in Oregon have reduced disparities in primary care visits among African American and Native American people.
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