This month, Jamila and Neil talk with Joseph Margulies, a civil rights lawyer, author, and professor of practice in the Government department at Cornell. On the occasion of his new book, Cast Out: A C...

Tenant unions are becoming more common across the country as tenants struggle to afford rent.

In this episode of Politics in Question, Lee chats with Alex Hertel-Fernandez and Jamila Michener about what power building might look like for the next pro-democracy government. Hertel-Fernandez is...

Cornell researcher's team interviewed dozens of enrollees. They said H.R. 1 will create impossible burdens and reflect a double standard between how rich and poor are treated.

Cornell researcher's team interviewed dozens of enrollees. They said H.R. 1 will create impossible burdens and reflect a double standard between how rich and poor are treated.

AbstractBackground. Federal changes in Medicaid policy are the subject of significant national attention and debate. In contrast, state level Medicaid poli

In the United States, property is wealth, and wealth is power. Racial wealth inequalities are (in part) the enduring result of this confluence. But today, as accelerating financialization transform...

Victor Ray is a public scholar thinking and writing on issues of racial justice in the United States. On this episode of Futures Forum, we talk with Ray about his deep knowledge of the civil rights mo...

Integrating historical texts, printmaking, and research methodologies, Carolyn Fan presents linocuts based on interviews with the Center's staff on quotes that inspire and motivate them to work toward...

In a time of deep inequality and uncertainty, imagining equitable and just futures is both urgent and unfinished work. This post introduces the Futures Forum, a new space created by the Center for Rac...

When public programs like SNAP are cut, voter turnout historically declines

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

How the civil legal system undermines the political lives of marginalized communities

Though Medicaid saves lives and provides access to health care for millions of people, it has been constrained by the top-down power relations that structure it.

Republicans have passed President Trump's One Big, Beautiful bill, but is it built on bad faith stereotypes? The legislation guts funding for Medicaid, and for a long time Republicans have been attack...

Renton residents aren’t just trying to stop an expansion plan. We are trying to transform how power operates in our community.

Millions of Americans could lose Medicaid coverage because of cutbacks, but experts warn of the legislation's complexity.