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To Advance Racial Equity, Releasing Disaggregated Data while Protecting Privacy Will Be Key

What should federal agencies consider to ensure communities most vulnerable to privacy attacks don’t become more at risk?
Race and Ethnicity

Our Nation Needs African American Museums to Restore Public Memory and Light the Way Forward

African American museums are more than guardians of history and culture.
Race and Ethnicity

New Data Show Stark Racial and Ethnic Differences in Young People’s Healthy Development

Investing in expanding the evidence base to address structural inequality can help create real, lasting change and better outcomes for children.
Race and Ethnicity

How Policymakers Can Ensure the COVID-19 Pandemic Doesn’t Widen the Racial Wealth Gap

Closing the wealth gap requires short- and long-term policies that provide economic relief over the next year.
Race and Ethnicity

To Truly Advance Racial Equity, City Leaders Need to Confront Racist Symbols

When city leaders remove symbols of racism and bigotry from public life and spaces, it sends a message that they will no longer tolerate racist practices.
Race and Ethnicity

Data Are Essential to Prioritizing Racial and Ethnic Equity in COVID-19 Vaccination

Reports from states with available data suggest vaccines have not been distributed equitably across racial and ethnic groups so far.
Race and Ethnicity

How the Federal Government Can Use Data to Make the Most of the Executive Order on Racial Equity

Establishing the Equitable Data Working Group is an important step to improving federal data infrastructure. What comes next?
Race and Ethnicity

Three Ways to Support and Stabilize Native Communities during the Pandemic

Native Americans are 3.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with the virus than white people, in large part because of inadequate health care services.
Family collects water for their home in the Navajo Nation
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In Rural Communities, COVID-19 Increases Healthy Development Challenges for Children of Color

Protecting the rising generation of rural children of color will depend on rapid, expansive action by stakeholders across policy and nonprofit sectors.
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Steps States Can Take to Help Break Down Housing Barriers for Native Communities

A survey in Washington State provides a model for other states to strengthen relationships with and better serve American Indian tribes and Native communities.

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