A racial equity assessment by the UIC Great Cities Institute indicates Oak Park has work to do to make its citizens feel included.

And racial equity in America requires racial healing. America has been poisoned by racism for centuries. But as we celebrate another Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the research is clear.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm co-founder & CEO with 30+ years in community economic development. At a time when attacks on racial equity initiatives in ...

Last year, she appointed Treasury’s first counselor for racial equity to improve engagement with diverse communities. Yet the administration’s focus on equity has at times drawn a backlash.

Racial equity is an idea that’s top of mind for many, both in the United States and globally. Rather than simply considering it, in honor of its 90th anniversary, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation ...

Racial-justice funding includes all of this but goes further by acknowledging history, and explicitly focusing on building power in communities of color and lasting change in how systems operate.

Trump 2.0 will work to impede racial justice Those nominated to be in President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration will work to reassert white privilege on every facet of society, public ...

A report card on racial equity. The council will also test a new report card in early 2023 to provide an annual snapshot of the progress units and schools across the university and health system are ...

The Mayor’s Racial Equity Initiative has surpassed its private sector fundraising goal of $150 million, the city of Charlotte said Thursday. Recent corporate donations from Honeywell ...

New York City’s official racial equity watchdog has finalized a list of 18 policy goals for reducing racial disparities in health, policing, education and a range of other areas across the five ...

Yet, exactly five years after Floyd's murder, the nation has seen a drastic reversal of support for racial equity efforts. Commitments made by corporate America and the government have been dialed ...

The Skadden Foundation, a public interest law fellowship program entirely funded by law firm Skadden Arps, has altered its application criteria to remove language related to racial justice and ...