This Progress & Freedom Foundation (www.pff.org) publication by Robert Corn-Revere, a Partner at the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in Washington, D.C, is based on remarks Mr. Corn-Revere re...
The Oneness of Twoness: The Promise and Challenge of Racial Equality
by John A. Payton and Victor A. Bolden
Opportunities for African Americans have multiplied even as polarization lingers.
Testimony of Roderick Harrison, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies on July 10, 2008, before the Information Policy, Census and National Archives...
This analysis is a brief review of some available evidence regarding the November 4, 2008 election. In particular, this review focuses on the election of President-elect Barack Obama, the behavior ...
This brief provides a primer on subprime lending and how it has affected homeownership among African Americans. Its story begins in the mid-1990s with the increase in subprime lending for home purc...
This brief provides an overview of the current homeownership status of African Americans, along with relevant historical detail to place the present in context. Why homeownership has been a cherish...
This report by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies presents findings from the first year of an initiative to assess what works to enable low-income communities of color build assets...
This report by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies presents findings from the second year of an initiative to assess what works to enable low-income communities of color to build as...
This literature review and analysis of issues related to economics, HIV/AIDS and governance, follows a similar review conducted in 2000. In the review it was noted that many gaps existed in the lit...
On April 20, 2005, the Joint Center, with support from the AT&T Foundation, hosted a town hall meeting entitled "Rising African American Leaders: Challenges for a New Generation." In a lively and t...
As computers and the Internet become more critical to daily life and work, America will benefit greatly from expanding the geographic reach and capacity of broadband networks and from increasing th...
During the last decade, technology has changed significantly and the diffusion of various forms of technology throughout the United States has been widespread, but uneven. This paper examines the "...
Section I of this paper discusses disparities currently existing among different race and ethnic groups and the barriers African Americans are facing on broadband adoption. A set of policy recommen...