Secretary Slater Calls For a National Vision For Transportation
In an interview with FOCUS Magazine, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater, Esq. emphasized the importance of a national vision for the future of transportation in the context…
Principles to Address the Needs of African Americans and Communities of Color in Climate Change Legislation
Page One Climate change clearly represents a threat to the environment, but, for millions of people of color in the United States, it is also one more manifestation of how…
Understanding the Role of African American Churches and Clergy in Community Crisis Response
This study, commissioned by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and carried out by leading researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, provides important insight…
No More Katrinas: How Reducing Disparities Can Promote Disaster Preparedness
This paper presents a synthesis of findings and themes from a set of background papers commissioned by the Joint Center and from a convening of California-based stakeholders. It concludes with…
In the Wake of Katrina: The Continuing Saga of Housing and Rebuilding in New Orleans
In this paper, James Carr and his co-authors provide a thorough examination of the many factors that have delayed or continue to serve as persistent barriers to rebuilding housing stock…
Environmental Justice Through the Eye of Hurricane Katrina
A bitter gift from Hurricane Katrina was to refocus America’s attention on the enduring legacy of racial segregation and poverty in the Gulf South. Early cries that “the storm didn’t…
The African American Climate Change Crisis
We live in a moment in the United States where civil rights are enshrined in the law and racial epithets are considered especially offensive. Ironically, when the attacks on people…