During the recent unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, I was struck by the similarities in media narratives of the black and Palestinian experiences. There is nothing new about the nature of these stories, but perhaps the parallels seem more striking given...

Although America's public schools will be "majority minority" for the first time in history, these institutions are just as segregated as ever, with many studies showing that black and brown students remain geographically and socially separated from...

A protester throws a live canister of tear gas that had been fired by police during demonstration. Photo: ABC. Stephanie Llanes and Jamal Ubuntu argue there are three fights we must win in Ferguson and the United States: taking money out of politics...

August 22, 2014 By Sara Grossman The fervid protests in Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting of an unarmed black man have, once again, revealed a massive rip in America’s storied patchwork quilt of cultures and identities. We should not be...

August 21, 2014 The Haas Institute recently planned a field trip to deepen staff’s understanding of the ongoing struggle for equity and justice in the Bay Area. The 2014 Summer Fellows organized a field trip to the Rosie the Riveter World World War...

August 19, 2014 Anchor institutions can play an important role in affecting societal change. From universities, such as the University of California, Berkeley, to hospitals and school districts, anchors have the capacity to change measures of four...

Haas Institute Director john a. powell and Assistant Director Stephen Menendian recently wrote an article published in the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform about the Fisher v. Texas case. This article delves into why the Supreme Court's decision in overruling the student was important to race-conscious admissions.

August 15, 2015 By Stephen Menendian Protests in Ferguson, Mo. after an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, was shot and killed by Ferguson police. (Photo Credit: Southern Poverty Law Center) Although the “facts” are still in dispute, it’s not...

One Saturday, Natasha Simpson, a Disability Fellow at Phat Beets, hosted a workshop about why disability justice matters to food justice.

Natalia Reyes, a fellow working on Communications, interviewed Magali Duque, a fellow working on the Global Food System Project. Natalia: How did you initially become interested in issues of inequality? Magali: It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact...