Special Reports
NREI Research Op-Ed: HBCUs Should Receive More than 1% of Federal Research Funding
This research op-ed explores the importance of federal research dollars, disparities in federal research funding, implications of HBCU federal research funding gap, and provides suggestions on how policy can help to support the research activities and personnel at HBCUs.
The Black Dollar Part 2: Cooperative Economics
This report explores how Black communities have collaborated to sustain themselves and their economies throughout histories. Despite generations of forced migration and intentional disruption of community building, the African diaspora in the United States facilitated cooperative systems to supply community needs and improve their outcomes.
Exploring the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Over the next 5 years, more than $1 trillion in government funding will be poured into infrastructure projects across the country including roads, bridges, public transit, clean water, airport upgrades, energy grid upgrades, passenger and freight railways, coastal resiliency, clean school buses, and small business growth. This fact sheet highlights how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act impacts Black communities.
Snapshot on the State of Black Women and Girls: Sex Trafficking in the U.S.
The objective of these series of fact sheets is to address the issue of sex trafficking, specifically among the population of Black women and girls. Throughout this series, the fact […]
Congressional Reform Task Force Report
In a moment of challenges for American political institutions, Congress remains the indispensable institution of pluralistic American governance. It is the one body that can represent the broad diversity of […]
Snapshot of the State of Black Women & Girls
The mission of the Sojourner Truth Legacy Project (STLP) is to recognize women leaders making a positive difference in the lives of the communities they serve in the spirit of […]