On Saturday, August 31, 2013, Haas Institute Director john a. powell presented at Union Theological Seminary in New York City on corporate misalignment. Addressing an audience of scholars, theologians, and activists working around the intersection of...

For the past several years, the Applied Research Center (ARC) has coordinated the Better Together program, a multi-faceted initiative that combines research, media, and leadership development to advance racial justice and LGBT liberation. The program...

Much has been written and discussed concerning George Zimmerman and the killing of Trayvon Martin. Not enough has been done, and there is some doubt that much will be done. Some even argue that nothing should be done. I believe there is a pressing...

On Tuesday, the President gave a speech in Phoenix, Arizona on homeownership and the rebounding housing market. While laying out action steps for repairing the housing market and promoting homeownership, the headline from the President’s speech was...

Adkins v. Morgan Stanley Update Late last year, Haas Institute Director wrote about the landmark case of Adkins v. Morgan Stanley.This lawsuit alleges that Morgan Stanley violated the Fair Housing Act by targeting low-income black neighborhoods in...

Today the Supreme Court handed down two victories for marriage equality, striking down a federal law that denied equal treatment to individuals in same-sex marriages and leaving in place a holding that found a same-sex marriage ban in California...

Martin Luther King, Jr. reminds us from the grave that, “I haven’t lost faith, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” Today, we’ve seen that arc bend further than its ever bent before, so to speak. Following...

On Tuesday, June 25, the Supreme Court rolled back history when it overturned a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that was instrumental to nearly 50 years of political and social change. The Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder opens...

Socially and economically disadvantaged children perform, on average, at lower levels of achievement than advantaged children. Disadvantaged children’s obstacles to achievement are exacerbated when these children are concentrated in racially and...

This report examines the various state-by-state waivers under No Child Left Behind and the potential for reducing the achievement gap. Download NCLB Report