Reports
Racial Diversity Among Top Staff in Senate Personal Offices
October 18, 2023
By LaShonda Brenson, Ph.D. and Kimberly Victor This report, Racial Diversity Among Top Staff in Senate Personal Offices, provides evidence regarding the need for more racial diversity among U.S.…
Pessimism and Hope: A Survey of the Financial Status and Aspirations of Black Americans
May 9, 2023
For the report, Pessimism and Hope: A Survey of the Financial Status and Aspirations of Black Americans, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and NORC at the…
Racial Diversity Among Top Staff in the U.S. House of Representatives
October 6, 2022
This report, “Racial Diversity Among Top Staff in the U.S. House of Representatives,” provides evidence regarding the lack of racial diversity among top staff in the U.S. House of…
The State of Black Students at Community Colleges
September 21, 2022
This research brief, “The State of Black Students at Community Colleges,” examines administrative data to describe the characteristics and select educational and economic outcomes for Black students who attended…
Improving Training Evaluation Data to Brighten the Future of Black Workers
March 30, 2022
This report explores the current state of evaluation in workforce development programs with an eye toward improving outcomes for Black training participants. The report is important because increasing the…
Affordability & Availability: Expanding Broadband in the Black Rural South
October 6, 2021
The 36-page report, Affordability & Availability: Expanding Broadband in the Black Rural South, details the potential for broadband to increase economic, educational, and health care opportunities in the Black Rural…
Racial Diversity Among Senate Committee Top Staff
July 22, 2021
Today, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies released Racial Diversity Among Senate Committee Top Staff. This report provides evidence regarding the lack of racial diversity among U.S. Senate…
Racial Diversity Among Top Staff in Senate Personal Offices
August 21, 2020
Today, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies released Racial Diversity Among Top Staff in Senate Personal Offices. This report provides evidence regarding the lack of racial diversity among…
Pandemic Relief Priorities for Black Communities
August 4, 2020
By LaShonda Brenson Ph.D., Jessica Fulton, and Spencer Overton While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disproportionately harm Black communities in the United States, Congress and the Trump Administration have failed…
An Introduction to the Future of Work in the Black Rural South
February 24, 2020
The Joint Center’s report, An Introduction to the Future of Work in the Black Rural South, is the first in a series of reports about Black Rural South and the…