Discrimination Archives

12.04.2018 Percentage of people of color at NGOs, Government Agencies, Foundations in categories by Intern, Hired Staff, Leadership, Board Slots

The Green Ceiling

Climate change disproportionally damages low-income communities and communities of color. Yet, the majority of positions in environmental organizations are held by White individuals.

Fellow Erin Polka

11.06.2018 a collage of women with different facial expressions

Three Voices on 3

What do the potential outcomes of today's vote on MA Question 3 look like for Yes on 3 coalition members Alexis Krohn, Eurah Ko, and Linda Fingerson?

Fellow Erin Polka

09.04.2018 A tampon

The Monthly Shaming of Women in State Prisons

Access to sanitary menstrual products is considered a basic human right in European prisons. Not so in the United States.

Fellow Erin Polka

08.22.2018 Girl in Pink Hat in front of We the People banner at Women's March

Health Equity

Discrimination Adds Up

Research on discrimination over time and across types presents a more complex explanation of poor health. Women who perceived discrimination based on their race had poorer mental health outcomes.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

07.26.2018 Two graphs showing total drug arrests and felony drug arrests before and after Proposition 47

Drug Arrests Before and After Prop 47

New research looked at total drug-related arrests, and differences due to race and ethnicity on drug-related arrests, before and after the passage of Proposition 47.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

06.04.2018 Clicker with 2020

Health Equity

No MENA Category is a Mistake

The Census Bureau will not include a Middle East and North African (MENA) category in the 2020 US Census. The incorporation of a MENA category on the Census and medical and public health surveys would improve our understanding of Arab American health.

Guest Authors Nadia N. Abuelezam, Sandro Galea

09.01.2017 Graphic showing areas of discrimination against women worldwide

Enabling (or Constraining) Progress for Women

Progress for women’s development is slow. An initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is working to more effectively address gender-based gaps.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

03.06.2017 Diagram of microaggressive speech

Dignity in Language for Population Health

Microaggressions are subtle, insidious, and often nearly constant in the experience of individuals belonging to marginalized identity groups.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

03.02.2017 a graph of a disease

Can the News Fuel Stigma Around Mental Illness?

News coverage of mental health in the last twenty years may have led the conversation in a misguided and discriminatory direction, emphasizing violence rather than treatment.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

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