Research Reports

February 20, 2008

rcillinois_cover_4.jpgThe Applied Research Center (ARC) released the findings of its second annual Facing Race: Illinois Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity 2007-2008. Download a PDF of the report here.

January 17, 2008

Our regions thrive when people throughout the region thrive. People thrive when their communities have what all communities need for healthy growth – clean air and water, affordable and decent housing, living wage jobs, quality public schools, and quality healthcare. The health and prosperity of the Columbia region are critical to South Carolina, the South, and the country. By investing in the health and economic well-being of all its people, the Columbia region could lead the way for the South and the nation.

September 27, 2007
Across the Nation, families of color earn less income, have higher poverty rates and attain college degrees at lower rates as compared to white people.  New York mirrors these national trends. 
September 10, 2006
A summary of racial justice bills moving through the California legislature in 2006.
July 24, 2006
In the ongoing battle over immigration, conservative rhetoric continues to escalate. It's racist, and it gets results.  Here, then, are the six racist myths driving the immigration debate, dispelled.  
June 19, 2006
For millions of Californians, the issue of accessible quality health care is a matter of life or death.
May 2, 2006

There is little question that the current immigration debate, though coded and contrived otherwise, is entirely about race.

May 1, 2006
President Bush's promise to overhaul the U.S. immigration system is a disaster in the making.
April 16, 2006

An Evaluation of the Parent and Youth Education Policy Collaborative.

April 16, 2006

Innovative Research Details Race-Based Health Inequality. Today, the Applied Research Center and Northwest Federation of Community Organizations released a new report entitled Closing the Gap: Solutions to Race-Based Health Disparities.

April 16, 2006

This report examines seven principles that laid the groundwork for the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act that ended the government guarantee of welfare assistance to low-income families. The report provides an overview and history of each fallacy used to support welfare reform as well as the actual result of the policies.

 To download this report in PDF format, complete the form on this page.

April 15, 2006

2004 Legislative Report Card on Race. Summary. PDF download available here .

April 15, 2006

2004 Legislative Report Card on Race. Summary. PDF download available here .

April 15, 2006

Keynote Address Opens National Conference on Race & Public Policy. Available as a PDF download here.

April 15, 2006

Activists and Academics Gather at National Conference on Race and Public Policy. Available as a PDF download here.