On January 16, 2016, President Barack Obama signed an order declaring a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan. [i] It was not because of a tornado or hurricane, flooding or landslides, as was the case in South Carolina or Mississippi a few weeks...

Ian Haney-Lopez addresses the connection between dog whistle politics and the increasingly successful right-wing attacks on the government and unions, and offers a frame for the labor movement to mobilize and defeat dog whistling.

January 8, 2016 In a sign of severe political and financial upheaval, and after years of ongoing economic instability, Puerto Rico defaulted on $174 million this week — a portion of the country's total debt measured at $74 billion. “It’s very simple...

December 31, 2015 Dear friends, "Identity"—Dictionary.com's "Word of the Year"—was undoubtedly one of the most popular topics of 2015. As what has been called " the year of identity" draws to a close, issues of race remain at the forefront of our...

This is a memo on bond issuances in New Jersey, released in conjunction with Doubly Bound.

Photo Credit: Taz + Belly, Creative Commons License By john a. powell, Director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society How does one make sense of a U.S. presidential candidate calling for the banning of Muslims entering the country...

The study examines the fees paid by local entities when bonds are offered. Fees come from a variety of services provided by private firms throughout the course of offering bonds.

To honor the work of nonviolent social justice advocates advocates during the Season of Nonviolence, the Central Oregon Community College Foundation’s Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program and the college’s Multicultural Activities program...