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Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Hispanic-White Disparities
To provide fuller detail on disparities in child health, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies undertook an examination of how child health indicators vary by sociodemographic characteristics. Comparisons…
Trends in Child Health 1997-2006: Assessing Black-White Disparities
To provide fuller detail on disparities in child health, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies undertook an examination of how child health indicators vary by sociodemographic characteristics. Comparisons…
Blacks and the 2008 Elections: A Preliminary Analysis
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…
2008 National Opinion Poll
The 2008 Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies National Opinion Poll is a national survey of 750 African American adults, conducted between September 16 and October 6, 2008. The…
Health Care Proposals of 2008 Democratic and Republican Presidential Nominees: Implications for Improving Access, Affordability and Quality for America’s Minorities
This report examines Senator Barack Obama’s and Senator John McCain’s health care proposals in the context of eliminating the nation’s longstanding racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care. health care…
Blacks and the 2008 Republican National Convention
This guide discusses the range of participation by African Americans in the Republican Party, the geographic and partisan dimensions of the Black vote in recent years, and Black voters’ attitudes…
Blacks and the 2008 Democratic National Convention
This guide discusses the range of participation by African Americans in the Democratic Party, the geographic and partisan dimensions of the Black vote in recent years, and Black voters’ attitudes…
Joint Center Testifies on Reducing the Census Undercount
On July 10, 2008, Roderick Harrison, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies testified before the Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee, Oversight…
Where Are We 40 Years After Kerner?
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi pens an essay “Where Are We 40 Years After Kerner.” Read it here.
Lessons From Kerner For the Millennial Generation by Mayor Cory Booker
In an essay for the Joint Center, Newark, NJ Mayor Cory Booker (D) writes about the lessons of the Kerner Commission report for the millennial generation. Read the essay here,…