Verelyn Gibbs Watson, a service-oriented entrepreneur based in Montgomery County, MD, discusses the Flint water crisis from the parents’ perspective. As a mom of a young daughter, I obsess about everything she eats and drinks. Is this healthy enough? Does that have too much sugar? Every little thing becomes a major deal. … The Closing […]
2016 Color of Wealth Summit — #InclusionRevolution
The summit is organized in conjunction with the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. The summit seeks to engage Members of Congress, Congressional staff, the media, and the public in a dialogue about the racial wealth gap, its effect on marginalized households, its impact on the U.S. economy, and […]
Reuters: Michigan governor called on to set up fund for Flint water victims
The Experts of Color Network’s letter was covered in Reuters. A group of academics and activists on Wednesday called on Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to establish a compensation fund for victims of Flint’s lead-contaminated drinking water, with one member of the group proposing the state set aside at least $1 billion. The group of 200 professors […]
Press Release for the Letter to Michigan Governor Rick Snyder
CONTACT: Simona Combi, 202-265-5111, simona@globalpolicysolutions.org National Group of Racial Wealth Gap Experts Calls for Compensation Fund — Health and Wealth Connected in Flint Water Crisis– Washington, D.C., February 3, 2016—A group of experts that focus on building wealth for communities of color calls on Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to establish a Health and Compensation Fund […]
Read the Experts of Color Network Letter on the Flint Water Crisis
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 The Honorable Rick Snyder Governor State of Michigan P.O. Box 30013 Lansing, MI 48909 As a coalition of more than 200 experts who are focused on building wealth for communities of color, we believe that it is vital for all public leaders in the U.S. to commit to advancing an inclusive […]
Association for Health Care Journalists: How the ACA may be helping to close the ‘race gap’
The Bloomberg View column about our paper on insurance rates was mentioned in a piece on the website of the Association of Health Care Journalists. In a recent opinion column summarizing research on insurance disparities and the ACA by Algernon Austin at the Center for Global Policy Solutions, Flavelle wrote: “In 2013, the year before […]
BlackPressUSA: Foreclosure Crisis Lingers in the Black Community
The black community has not recovered from the Great Recession and is still dealing with foreclosures. Avis Thomas Lester talks to Senior Research Fellow Algernon Austin about whether we can expect any improvement: The news going forward for Blacks is bleak, according to Algernon Austin, senior research fellow at the Center for Global Policy Solutions […]
The Root: Stop Treating Black People Like a One-Issue Voting Pony
This story quotes Dr. Maya Rockeymoore’s argument that the Democratic presidential-primary debate did not touch on issues important to African Americans: “On the economic front, blacks have been devastated by and have not recovered from the effects of the housing crisis and the Great Recession,” argued Maya Rockeymoore of Global Policy Solutions in a scathing post-debate […]
NewsOne Now: The Black Agenda Was Whitewashed During Sunday’s Democratic Debate
Dr. Rockeymoore spoke with Roland Martin about her critique of the Democratic presidential debate and why it led her to say the Black agenda was “whitewashed” at the Black Caucus debate. Your browser does not support iframes.
Bloomberg View: Obamacare Is Closing Insurance’s Race Gap
Algernon Austin’s paper, “Obamacare Reduces Health Disparities in Health Coverage,” was discussed in a Bloomberg View column. The point of the paper, written by Algernon Austin at the Center for Global Policy Solutions, isn’t just to celebrate those gains, but also to show how much room remains for improvement. One of the biggest obstacles to […]
