Articles by Joint Center
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A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisis of the 2000s
The report looks at trends in the share of African American, Hispanic, and white families in high-poverty neighborhoods since 1970. While there is a smaller share of black, Hispanic, and…
Achieving Health Equity Through Social Equality: A Call to Political Action
Representative Donna Christensen (D-VI) explores the connection between health equity and social equity and how policy can help end health disparities. This presentation was given as part of the 2011…
The Racial Justice and Health Equity Work of the Boston Place Matters Team
The Boston Public Health Commission reports on the work of the Boston PLACE MATTERS team. This presentation was given during the 2011 PLACE MATTERS National Conference. Slides can be downloaded by clicking the link…
Segregated Spaces, Risky Places: The Effects of Segregation on Racial and Ethnic Health
This fact sheet summarizes the findings of Segregated Spaces, Risky Places: The Effects of Racial Segregation on Health Inequalities. Segregated Spaces Fact Sheet.pdf
The Implications of Medicaid for Low-Income Communities
Recent efforts to sharply cut back funding and support for Medicaid go beyond Washington politics — they threaten the health of millions of Americans. For the past 45 years, Medicaid…
Obstacles to Saving for Retirement
A presentation on Obstacles to Saving for Retirement was given by Dr. Wilhelmina Leigh for the National Press Foundation’s Retirement Issues 2011 forum on June 14, 2011. This presentation is available…
The Impact of Gender-Based Violence on Stability and Security
Gender-based violence (GBV) is being used against women across the world. Intimidations, including murder, rape, and acid thrown in the face are used as weapons of war. The status of…
Does Place Really Matter? Broadband Availability, Race, and Income
This paper presents three case studies in the state of South Carolina, and the cities of Chicago, IL, and Los Angeles, CA, with in-depth analyses of wireline and wireless access…
African Americans and Social Security: A Primer
Although many African Americans depend on Social Security benefits to meet their basic needs, the value of the program to this group is often debated and sometimes misrepresented or discounted.…
Blacks and the 2010 Midterms: A Preliminary Analysis
This publication is a brief review of some of the available evidence on what transpired on November 2, 2010, when the Democrats lost their majority in the U.S. House of…