Racial and Gender Justice

Working to combat economic inequality, achieve climate justice, and build peace requires solutions designed to dismantle systemic racism and patriarchy. That’s why all of our projects seek to intersect and achieve justice across gender diversity, and race, in addition to class.

Latest Work

Men Like Kavanaugh Always Enjoy the Presumption of Innocence; Others Aren’t so Lucky

White males with high economic status are almost always presumed innocent, often at the expense of minorities and white women.

Report: Pay, Professionalism, and Respect

Black Domestic Workers Continue the Call for Standards in the Care Industry

10th Anniversary of United States Africa Command

From the destabilization of the African continent to the militarization of local police, parallels between AFRICOM and the repression of Blacks in America are evident.

Activists Demand Accountability from Kavanaugh

People around the country are demanding accountability from members of an elite class who have long lived by their own set of rules.

English-Only Laws Have a Disturbing History

Beyond forming the basis to deny American identity to certain groups, English-only laws neglect the unique contributions of Americans from different backgrounds.

Men: We’ve Heard About Assaults. Speak Up About Them.

Women who report assault deserve to hear that we believe them, and that we can back them up — because we’ve heard the other side.

The Strength of Kavanaugh’s Accusers Is Truly Amazing

I know what it’s like to seek justice against all odds. The fact that women keep doing it speaks volumes.

#MeToo Goes Global

The U.S. isn’t the only country where women are lining up to burn down the (frat) house.

Nike Says ‘Believe in Something.’ Can It Sacrifice Something, Too?

The company has made millions off Colin Kaepernick’s message. That money should go right back to the cause that message supports.

Trump Administration Tells Palestinian Refugees to Submit or Starve

The Trump administration’s willingness to target UNRWA singles out Palestinian refugees and holds them hostage.

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Black Worker Initiative

Criminalization of Race and Poverty

Reports

Report: Pay, Professionalism, and Respect

Kimberly Freeman Brown, Marc Bayard | October 5, 2018

Black Domestic Workers Continue the Call for Standards in the Care Industry

Report: Students Under Siege

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson, Karen Dolan, Myacah Sampson | July 24, 2018

How the school-to-prison pipeline, poverty, and racism endanger our school children

Report: I Dream Detroit

Kimberly Freeman Brown, Marc Bayard | October 10, 2017

The Voice and Vision of Women of Color on Detroit's Future.

Report: Mothers at the Gate

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson, Karen Dolan, Nell Bernstein | May 4, 2016

A movement of family members is developing around the country that aims to challenge both the conditions in which their loved ones are held and the fact of mass incarceration itself.