What Didn't Happen?

The report, titled “What Didn’t Happen?: Breaking Down the Results of the 2016 Presidential Election,” and authored by Tides Senior Fellow Joshua Clark, uses data from the US Census Bureau, major post-election surveys, and other sources to examine shifts in voting behavior among different demographic groups that led to last year’s major upset.

Post-Election 2016

The Haas Institute's Post-Election 2016 project is a multi-year initiative to study voting trends, civic engagement and disaffection, and structures of democratic inclusion. The research, led by Senior Fellow Josh Clark, looks at the events and...

Fall 2017 News Magazine

The 2017 Haas Institute news magazine is a 44-page publication available online or in print form, that offers updates on our work, original feature stories, analyses, interviews, profiles, and more. This issue covers the period ranging from September...

Blog: Public Health & Wealth in Detroit

Detroit’s fiscal health is often held up as an exceptional case—in 2014 its bankruptcy was said to be the result of “a terrible and unique set of circumstances.” Now, though, we see Chicago, Seattle, and other cities discussed as the “next Detroit.”

Executive Summary: Public Health & Wealth in Post-Bankruptcy Detroit

This an executive summary of the report “ Public Health and Well-Being in Post-Bankruptcy Detroit ,” authored by Suparna Bhaskaran, edited by Wendy Ake, and published by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society . Download the executive...

Public Health & Wealth in Post-Bankruptcy Detroit

The report reveals that water and sewer infrastructure and housing are key points of intervention to create better health for Detroiters.

The 2017 Othering and Belonging Conference: Envisioning a "nation that is yet to be”

Speaking on the first night of the 2017 Othering and Belonging Conference, and on the hundredth day of the Trump presidency, in a moment where “it feels like we might all fall apart," keynote speaker Jeff Chang told more than 1,100 conference...

Unpacking Gentrification Trends in SF Mission District

by Derrick Duren In an effort to better understand different strategies for attaining communal preservation, the 2017 cohort of summer fellows visited several organizations currently working to combat gentrification practices in the San Francisco...

Segregation Was No Accident

This piece was originally published in the 2017 Haas Institute newsletter. An interview with Richard Rothstein on how the US government enacted policies to produce and maintain segregation—and the effects of these policies today. Rothstein was...

The Power and Promise of Public Memory

MONUMENTS REFLECT SOMETHING MORE THAN IRON AND STONE: THEY ARE THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF A COMMUNITY’S UNDERSTANDING OF ITS OWN HISTORY. THEY ARE ALSO REFLECTIVE OF THE STORIES WE TELL—OR DON'T TELL—TO OURSELVES AND OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE...

john a. powell at the Marin Equity Summit

On November 9th, 2017, professor john powell gave a keynote address at the Marin Equity Summit. The Summit was centered around youth development and solutions to homelessness in Marin County. john's keynote address focused on expanding the circle of...

Blog: The Geography of Islamophobia

November 8, 2017 By Rhonda Itaoui 2017 Summer Fellow Just months after the brutal murder of American Muslim Nabra Hassanen, who was assaulted and killed in June 2017 in Virginia, it has become more urgent than ever to interrogate the exclusion of...

Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Announces Inaugural Class of Fellows

Twenty-nine advocates, organizers and artists selected from across the US and South Africa to tackle anti-Black racism and white supremacy Contact: Lucille Renwick lrenwick@fenton.com 917-326-2643 NEW YORK, NY — The Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity...

Blog: Ensuring Fair Shares of Housing Across Local Jurisdictions

By Heather Bromfield and Eli Moore California has been in the national headlines in recent months because of its bafflingly high housing costs, which are unaffordable even to some of the highest income earners. In the Bay Area, where a booming tech...

john a. powell on how bridging creates conditions to solve problems

In this short video, our director john powell talks about the concept of bridging—engaging with people outside of our own familiar group, including with those who hold opposing political views.

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Reimagining Allyship: Reflecting on Where We Are and Where We Can Go From Here

The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative is delighted to welcome Simran Jeet Singh to the UC Berkeley campus. Dr. Singh is Executive Director of the Religion and Society Program at the Aspen Institute and the author of the national...

Videos from the 2024 Othering & Belonging Conference

See our playlist below which includes all our videos from the 2024 Othering & Belonging Conference, which took place April 25-27 in Oakland, CA! To select a video from the playlist click on the button in the top right corner of the video player...