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  1. A Grownup Conversation About Race and Class

    Featuring Rev. Dr. William Barber

    Nov 11, 2016 | 06:30

    Renowned campaigner for social and economic justice to set the tone in conference keynote

  2. History of Race - A Social Construction and its Representation in Economics

    Featuring Thomas Leonard, John Kuo Wei Tchen, and Brendan O'Flaherty

    Nov 11, 2016 | 04:45

  3. History of Detroit

    Featuring Reynolds Farley and Thomas Sugrue

    Nov 11, 2016 | 03:00

  4. Tomorrow’s Detroits & Detroit’s Tomorrows

    Conference

    Race & Economics

    Nov 11–12, 2016

    Economics has a race problem.

  5. How Race and Gender Reinforce Economic Inequality

    Featuring Marlene Kim

    Nov 9, 2016

    Prof. Marlene Kim says her research has revealed that African-American women face triple penalties from race and gender bias, and the combination of those two

  6. Can Capitalism Work for Women of Color?

    By Lynn Parramore

    Nov 8, 2016

    Getting rid of barriers to economic security is possible with the right policies at the right time. 

  7. Obama’s People and The African Americans: The Language of Othering

    By john a. powell

    Nov 4, 2016

    Language has always been a way to divide, conquer, classify, and control, but it also helps to constitute who we are and what we think. 

  8. ‘A Grownup Conversation About Race and Class’: Rev. William Barber to Address Institute’s Detroit Conference

    By Institute Staff

    Nov 2, 2016

    Renowned campaigner for social and economic justice to set the tone in conference keynote

  9. ‘Stratification’ Theory Tackles the Racial Blindspots of Orthodox Economics

    Featuring Darrick Hamilton

    Nov 2, 2016

    Economist Darrick Hamilton and Institute President Rob Johnson discuss “stratification economics”, which addresses the failure of orthodox economics to see, explain and point to remedies for persistent racial inequality.

  10. Like Abusive Policing, Denial of Access to Mortgage Credit for Black Americans is a Growing Crisis

    By Lynn Parramore

    Oct 31, 2016

    Black Americans remain second-class citizens in access to housing finance

  11. How Gender Roles, Implicit Bias and Stereotypes Affect Women and Girls

    By Alexis McGill Johnson

    Oct 27, 2016

    Young women of all races and gender identities are powering movements from Black Lives Matter to immigration reform to reproductive justice to minimum wage and beyond. Researchers need to support their progress with metrics that capture the spirit they are building

  12. Cook: Race-blind economics distorts data

    By Institute Staff

    Oct 27, 2016

    Scholar sees Institute for New Economic Thinking conference as an important opportunity to discuss issues of race and economics, and of Detroit’s past and future 

  13. Rashad Robinson: Building a Civil Rights Movement for the Digital Age

    By Institute Staff

    Oct 26, 2016

    Wired profiles Color of Change leader Rashad Robinson and explores the challenges of movement-building in an era of digital activism

  14. What Caused Detroit’s Demise?

    Featuring Thomas Sugrue

    Oct 26, 2016

    Historian Prof. Thomas Sugrue offers a critique of the conventional wisdom that roots the city’s fate in the racial tension of the tumultuous ‘60s and the decline of the auto industry.

  15. Baby Bonds: A Plan for Black/White Wealth Equality Conservatives Could Love?

    By Lynn Parramore

    Oct 25, 2016

    Darrick Hamilton calls for spreading the benefits of asset-ownership to all Americans.