Articles by Joint Center
Joint Center
Obama and the Burden of Race
In the United States and around the world, the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States was a landmark achievement. Obama’s success can be traced…
Expanding and Accelerating the Adoption & Use of Broadband Throughout the Economy
As computers and the Internet become more critical to daily life and work, America will benefit greatly from expanding the reach and capacity of broadband networks. The lack of access…
ASU Expands Access to Quality Post-Secondary Education
Arizona State University (ASU) is at once the youngest, largest, and fastest growing of all major American research institutions, enrolling more than 69,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on four…
African Americans on Climate Change and Conservation
While African Americans are underrepresented in the public debates on climate change and environmental issues generally, they are as aware of these issues as other groups in American society, and…
Can Infrastructure Investments Promote a More Inclusive Economy?
It seems that the spring won’t be much more favorable to the economy than the winter — while the April showers may have brought May flowers, according to recent job…
Broadband Imperatives for African Americans: Policy Recommendations to Increase Digital Adoption for Minorities and Their Communities
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 recommendations…
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…
Health Information Technology: A Tool for Health Equity and System Transformation
In these unprecedented times of promise and peril, there is now a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform health and health care in the United States. Read our report, Health Information Technology:…
The New Era of Broadband and Democracy – A Pathway to Digital Inclusiveness
As part of a historic effort to revitalize the economy, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (“ARRA” or “Recovery Act”), pumping over $700 billion…
Asset Building in Low-Income Communities of Color, Part 2
This report presents findings from the second year of an initiative to assess what works to enable low-income communities of color to build assets. It highlights predisposing factors and promising…