America's Growing Inequality

Chester Hartman director of research at Poverty & Race Research Action Council.

• Foreword by Congressman Luis GutierrezIntroduction, Chester HartmanI. Racism and Poverty: The Structural UnderpinningsToward a Structural Racism Framework Andrew Grant-Thomas & john a. powellStructural Racism: Focusing on the CauseCliff SchruppAmerican Indian Tribes and Structural Racism Sherry Salway Black Structural Racism and Rebuilding New OrleansMaya WileyRace vis-à-vis Class in the U.S.?john a. powell & Stephen MenendianMore Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner CityWilliam Julius WilsonTensions Among Minority GroupsSymposium with S.M. Miller, Wade Henderson, Don T. Nakanishi, john a. powell, Maria Blanco, Howard WinantIndigenous Peoples: Response to the Periodic Report of the United States to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationTribal Self-Government in the United StatesJohn DossettWhen Affirmative Action Was WhiteIra KatznelsonThe Importance of Targeted Universalism john a. powell, Stephen Menendian & Jason ReeceImplicit BiasA Forum – eds. Intro paraDoes Unconscious Bias Matter?Ralph Richard Banks & Richard Thompson FordImplicit Bias Insights as Preconditions to Structural Changejohn a. powell & Rachel GodsilLitigating Implicit BiasEva PatersonImplicit Bias, Racial Inequality and Our Multivariate WorldAndrew Grant-ThomasBeyond BiasOlati JohnsonBanks & Ford ResponseTax Aversion: The Legacy of Slavery Robin EinhornTax Aversion: The SequelRobin EinhornScapegoating Blacks for the Economic CrisisGregory D. SquiresSpeculators, Not CRA, Behind Foreclosures in Black NeighborhoodsJohn I. Gilderbloom & Gregory D. SquiresThe Missing Class: The Near PoorVictor Tan Chen & Katherine S. NewmanCriminalization of Poverty: UN ReportCan We Think about Poverty without Thinking about Criminality?Kaaryn GustafsonThe Criminalization of HomelessnessNational Law Center on Homelessness & PovertyCan We Organize for Economic Justice Beyond Capitalism?LeeAnn Hall & Danny HoSangBeyond Public/Private: Understanding Corporate Powerjohn a. powell & Stephen MenendianThe HelpAssociation of Black Women HistoriansReshaping the Social Contract: Demographic Distance and Our Fiscal FutureManuel Pastor & Vanessa CarterSocial Justice Movements in a Liminal AgeDeepak BhargavaII. Deconstructing Poverty and Racial InequalityThe Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger Richard Wilkinson & Kate PickettWhy Racial Integration Remains an ImperativeElizabeth AndersonBuilding a National MuseumLonnie G. Bunch, IIIHow White Activists Embrace Racial JusticeMark R. WarrenEnding/Reducing Poverty: A Forum – Exec Summary of CAP report; Comments on it by Christopher Howard, Herbert J. Gans, David K. Shipler, Mtangulizi Sanyika, William E. Spriggs, Margy Waller, Jill Cunningham, Michael R. Wenger, + CAP response Unions Make Us StrongJulius G. GetmanA Freedom Budget for all AmericansChester HartmanThe Kerner Commission: Remembering, Forgetting and Truth-TellingBruce R. ThomasHow Seattle and King County Are Tackling Institutional InequitiesJulie Nelson, Glenn Harris, Sandy Ciske & Matias ValenzuelaOne Nation Indivisible: Just Cause – Causa Justa Multi-racial Movement-Building for Housing RightsMaria Poblet & Dawn PhillipsThe Opportunity Impact Statement The Opportunity AgendaThe International Year for People of African Descent Richard ClarkeCount Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to VoteGordon A. Martin, Jr.Why Are African Americans and Latinos Under-represented Among Recipients of Unemployment Insurance and What Should We Do About It?Andrew Grant-ThomasThe Cobell Trust Land LawsuitJustin GuilderTruth and Reconciliation in Greensboro, North Carolina: A Paradigm for Social Transformation Marty Nathan & Signe WallerGreensboro Truth & Reconciliation CommissionMarty Nathan & Signe WallerApologies/Reparations Apology for Slavery (H. Res. 194) Joint Resolution of Apology to Native PeopleJohn DossettIII. (Re)Emerging IssuesThe Seattle/Louisville Decision and the Future of Race-Conscious Programs Philip TegelerSeparate ≠ Equal: Mexican Americans Before Brown v. Board Philippa StrumSegregation and Exposure to High-Poverty Schools in Large Metropolitan Areas, 2008-09 Nancy McArdle, Theresa Osypuk & Dolores Acevedo-GarcíaThe Social Science Evidence on the Effects of Diversity in K-12 SchoolsRoslyn Arlin MickelsonHow Colleges and Universities Can Promote K-12 Diversity: A Modest ProposalJulius Chambers, John Charles Boger & William TobinCommentaries by Pedro Noguera, john a. powell, William L. Taylor, Wendy Puriefoy, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Jenice L. ViewWhen the Feds Won’t Act: School Desegregation, State Courts, and Minnesota’s The Choice is Yours Program Myron Orfield & Baris Gumus-DawesReaffirming the Role of School Integration in K-12 Education PolicyPost- Conference Statement: An Urgent Need for Federal Support Middle-Income Peers As Educational Resources and the Constitutional Right to Equal Access Derek W. BlackCommunity-Based Accountability:Best Practices for School OfficialsJason Langberg, Taiyyaba Qureshi & Eldrin DeasThe Role of Teacher Union Locals in Advancing Racial Justice and Improving the Quality of Schooling in the United States Mark SimonAmerican Indian Boarding SchoolsAffirmative Furthering Fair Housing: The 21st Century Challenge Rob BreymaierRace and Public Housing: Revisiting the Federal RoleRichard RothsteinIntegration and Housing Choice: A DialogueCamille Zubrinsky Charles, Ingrid Gould Ellen & Maria Krysan What Are We Holding Our Public Schools Accountable For? The Gap Between What is Measured and What is Needed to Prepare Children for an Increasingly Diverse SocietyAmy Stuart WellsThe Goal of Inclusive, Diverse Communities: Introduction to the Final Report of the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal OpportunityLessons from Mount Laurel: The Benefits of Affordable Housing for All ConcernedDouglas S. MasseyHousing America’s Native PeopleWendy L. Helgemo No Home in Indian CountryJaneen ComenoteMossville, Louisiana: A Community’s Fight for the Human Right to a Healthy Environment Michele RobertsUnderstanding Health Impact Assessment: A Tool for Addressing Health Disparities Saneta De Vuono-Powell & Jonathan HellerHealth Equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Children and Youth: What’s Racism Got to Do With It? Laurin Mayeno, Joseph Keawe-aimoku Kaholokula,David MKI Liu, Lloyd Asato & Winston TsengNeighborhood – The Smallest Unit of Health: A Health Center Model for Pacific Islander and Asian HealthJamila JarmonHealth Care and Indigenous Peoples in the United StatesMichael Yellow BirdRace, Poverty and Incarceration Donald BramanA Strategy for Dismantling Structural Racism in the Juvenile Justice System Edgar S. Cahn, Keri A. Nash & Cynthia RobbinsJJDPA (box accompanying Cahn et al.) Native Americans and Juvenile Justice: A Hidden TragedyTerry L. CrossNational Statement to Support Human and Civil Rights for All Immigrants and to Oppose Compromise Immigration Reform Proposals 21st Century Gateways: Immigrants in Suburban AmericaAudrey Singer, Susan W. Hardwick & Caroline B. BrettellNatural Allies or Irreconcilable Foes? Reflections on African-American/Immigrant Relations Andrew Grant-Thomas, Yusuf Sarfati & Cheryl StaatsTransportation and Civil Rights:Thomas W. Sanchez & Marc BrenmanCommentaries by Guillermo Mayer, Angela Glover Blackwell, Eugene B. Benson, Wade Henderson, David Rusk, Laura Barrett, Thomas W. Sanchez & Marc BrenmanRight to the City: Social Movement and Theory Jacqueline Leavitt, Tony Roshan Samara & Marnie BradyIV. Civil Rights HistoryBayard Rustin and the Civil Rights MovementDaniel LevineA Civil Right to OrganizeRichard D. Kahlenberg & Moshe Z. MarvitCommentaries on the Kahlenberg-Marvit ArticleVarious AuthorsKahlenberg and Marvit RespondLocal People as Law Shapers: Lessons from Atlanta’s Civil Rights MovementTomiko Brown-NaginFreedom RidersRaymond ArsenaultThe Chicago Freedom Movement 40 Years Later: A Symposium:Assessing the Chicago Freedom Movement —James Ralph,Success and the Chicago Freedom Movement— Mary Lou Finley,The End-the-Slums Movement —Bernard LaFayette, JrForty Years of the Civil Rights Movement in Chicago— Dick SimpsonOverall, Things Are Not Good— Salim MuwakkilThe Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Gathers 50 Years After It Started: A Report on the ReunionMike MillerThe Other Side of Immigration: Humane, Sensible & Replicable Responses in a Changing NationSusan E. EatonCurrent and Former Members of PRRAC’s Board of Directors and Social Science Advisory BoardAbout the Contributors

We are living in a truly extraordinary moment in our history, plagued with economic inequality and rampant injustices. America’s Growing Inequality: The Impact of Poverty and Race is an essential tool to educate, inspire, and energize people to fight for necessary change.