Joint Center Updates
Joint Center Quoted in URL Media on Black Women’s Unemployment
Joint Center Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Gabrielle Smith Finnie was quoted in URL Media for an article focused on the rising unemployment rate among Black women and providing actionable solutions…
Inside Black Policy: Joint Center — November 2025
Inside Black Policy: Government Diversity – November 2025
Op-Ed: How Racial Gerrymandering is Hollowing Out the Black Electorate
Former Joint Center Policy Intern and University of California Student Jaidyn McKinnie penned an op-ed published in the Washington Informer titled “How Racial Gerrymandering is Hollowing Out the Black Electorate.”…
Op-Ed: Investing in Entrepreneurship After the Government Shutdown
Joint Center Senior Fellow Eric Morrissette and former Acting Under Secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce for Minority Business Development penned an op-ed titled “Investing in entrepreneurship after the…
Inside Black Policy: Econ – November 2025
Inside Black Policy: Tech – November 2025
Joint Center Releases Statement in Response to Government Shutdown Surpassing Historical Record
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the government shutdown surpassed the record for the longest government shutdown in history, previously set by a 35-day partial shutdown from Dec. 22, 2018, to Jan.…
Op-Ed: The Hollowing Out of America’s Only Agency for Minority Business
Authors Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Joint Center President, and Eric Morrissette, Joint Center Senior Fellow penned an op-ed on the recent action to deliberately dismantle the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), the…
Op-Ed: The Universal Service Fund Is Legal — Now Make It Legitimate
Joint Center Technology Director Danielle Davis, Esq., penned an essay for Tech Policy Press on reimagining the Universal Service Fund, urging reforms that stabilize affordability, center equity, and meaningfully include…