Discrimination Archives

01.08.2020 a pile of prescription bottles

Pain, Prescriptions, and Prejudice

African Americans disproportionately inherit sickle cell disease and depend on opioids to cope with pain, making treatment a challenge during an epidemic.

Fellow Jori Fortson

12.02.2019 a man in a suit and tie

William Darity

PHP Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu profiles William Darity to define reparations for Black Americans and identify those responsible for enacting reparations.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

09.23.2019 a woman smiling at the camera

Nusrat Choudhury

PHP Fellow Jori Fortson profiles Nusrat Choudhury to discuss her work as a lawyer and advocate exposing and challenging modern-day debtors’ prisons.

Fellow Jori Fortson

08.28.2019 a graph of a graph of a child

Race, Place, and Health

While the practice of redlining is now illegal, the consequences of the resultant segregation are still felt today.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

04.09.2019 a graph with a line and a line

Health Equity

Documenting Delays in EMS Wait Times

One of the first studies to document delays in EMS care asks whether ambulance response times were longer in low-income versus high-income urban zip codes.

Fellow Jori Fortson

12.05.2018 Neon sign saying "As Long As You Are You"

What’s Stopping LGBTQ Progress in Schools?

Few schools are implementing the full panel of CDC-recommended policies to support LGBTQ students. Researchers interviewed school administrators and school health professionals to find out why.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

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

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