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To grasp what it will take to undo racial inequality in housing, we must first understand how it was established and perpetuated. In this newly released report, we trace the roots of the region’s racial exclusion in housing and find that racism reinvents itself, proving to be dynamic, generative, and fluid, yet also remarkably durable and entrenched.

This report was submitted on October 1, 2019 to the United Nations Human Rights Council in regards to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United States of America, 36th Session.

Haas Institute Director john a. powell and Wendy Ake, Director of the Just Public Finance Program presented their work at the Detroit Water Equity Summit in September, 2019. The keynote and breakout session emphasized the ways access to public...

Building a powerful progressive infrastructure in California involves aligning various types of organizations and networks around a common set of values, a shared analysis and vision, and a strategic narrative.

Ann Arbor Water Tower. Photo by Dwight Burdette Executive Summary The Context of Water Affordability In the last few years, increased attention has been paid to rising costs for water and wastewater services, including the need to upgrade and replace...

The term “identity politics” was first coined by Black feminist Barbara Smith and the Combahee River Collective in 1974. Identity politics originated from the need to reshape movements that had until then prioritized the monotony of sameness over the...

On September 13, 2019, Professor powell gave a keynote at the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) in California. Professor powell's keynote focused on targeted universalism and addressed initiatives such as Canada's culture pass, trust in...

This brief is the first part of the Bold Policy Series published by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley. Download a PDF of the brief here. Or read a web version here. What ideas exist that can rise to the scale of...

This day-long symposium kicked off a year of events at UC Berkeley to mark the 400 year anniversary of the beginning of slavery in North America. The events are being co-organized by the Haas Institute, the African American studies and history...

In his historic 1984 speech at Tindley Temple Church in Philadelphia, Rev. Jesse Jackson declared, “Our defeats are characterized by the margin of despair and the fracture of our coalitions.” In an effort to explain both the challenge and a way...

On August 28, 2019, Director john a. powell delivered the keynote address at the Community Action Partnership’s annual national conference in Chicago, IL. Community Action Partnership is a national organization that works in local communities across...