Equality
The Wide Gaps Between Minority and White Business Ownership in America’s Cities
A new data tool offers ways to gauge the disparities with businesses in the nation’s largest metro areas. It also includes information on women-owned firms.
New Connecticut Law Will Ban Discrimination Based On Hairstyles
The state is the eighth to enact legislation to address hair discrimination historically associated with race.
Hiring a Chief Equity Officer? Here’s What You Need to Know
COMMENTARY | It’s a position that can come with tough challenges. City and county leaders should focus on three key actions to set their chief equity officers up for success.
Equity Budgeting in Cities: Directing Dollars Where They’re Needed Most
A growing number of cities are turning to their budget offices to help treat historically underserved communities more fairly.
The 1970s Black Utopian City That Became a Modern Ghost Town
What the demise of an experimental Black town reveals about the struggle for racial equality today.
HUD Bars Anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination in Housing, Rentals
It’s the first agency to implement Biden’s sweeping executive order on sexual orientation and gender identity, but it won’t be the last, officials said.
Advocates React to The Repeal of New York’s ‘Walking While Trans’ Ban
LGBTQ+ advocates celebrated the end of a decades-old statute that outlawed loitering for the purposes of prostitution, which has been widely seen as "arbitrary and discriminatory.”
Four Essential Keys to Being a Strong Ally for Racial Justice
COMMENTARY | Everyone can do something to support racial justice. Here’s how to start.
Natural Disasters Are Widening the Health Equity Gap, Now’s the Time to Address It
COMMENTARY | As natural disasters become more frequent and more destructive, the gap in health equity will continue to widen. We must dramatically increase investments in public health infrastructure and put equity at the center of our disaster preparedness and management systems.
To Create A Strong Government Technology Ecosystem, Increase Inclusivity
COMMENTARY | It’s time we did more to support underrepresented entrepreneurs to improve local government services and increase inclusivity.
A City Looks to Incorporate More, and More Diverse, Input Into Its Budget Process
Philadelphia this week announced a participatory budgeting program for a $1 million pot of money, as well as other initiatives geared toward reducing racial inequities with city spending.
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