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Tailoring job relief to America's diverse communities on Washington Post - Mar. 2, 2010
john powell’s op-ed addressing the racial disparities in unemployment and the recovery

The Housing Crisis: How Did We Get Here? Where Do We Go? on Shelter Force - Fall/Winter 2009
Book review by john powell and Jason Reece

Black frustrations: Obama in the White House creates strange consequences on the Chicago Tribune - Feb. 24, 2010
Quotes john powell and references the Kirwan Institute’s work.

Congressional Black Caucus frustrated with jobs legislation on Washinton Post - Feb. 23, 2010
Executive director john powell was quoted about the jobs bill currently before Congress and its impact on marginalized populations, as well as discussion of Congressional Black Caucus activities.

EDITORIAL: Obama’s speech addressed several categories of people and communities except race and ethnicity by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director, featured on Race-Talk - Jan. 28, 2010

Advocates struggle to measure stimulus relief for minority businesses on The Washington Post - Jan. 18, 2010
quotes Kirwan Institute's work on federal stimulus funds

Kirwan Maps Lead to $5 Million Affordable Rental Housing Loan Allocation
As a follow-up to Kirwan's mapping work in the state of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Housing Partnership has committed $5 million in zero percent interest, second-mortgage financing to support the development of affordable rental housing in suburban and high-opportunity communities. This financial boost will ensure that communities have increased housing options, stabilized neighborhoods, and an increase in affordable rentals for families in the midst of a very difficult economic time. Working in collaboration with the Massachusetts legal community, the Kirwan Institute provided an analysis of low-income groups and ethnic populations in relationship to geographic areas of high opportunity.
(Link to MHP News article)

Obama on the Defense Against Black Politicians on Black Enterprise - Dec. 30, 2009
quoted john powell, Executive Director

The Revolution Will Be Mapped on Miller-McCune.com - Dec. 28, 2009
quotes Kirwan Institute's opportunity mapping work

Vouchers steer poor to troubled areas: Section 8 may concentrate poverty on The Times-Picayune - Dec. 26, 2009
highlights Kirwan Institute's opportunity mapping work for post-Katrina New Orleans

Obama wants stimulus projects to hire more minorities, women on McClatchy Newspapers - Dec. 11, 2009
quotes Kirwan Institute's work on federal stimulus funds

Clemency - An Important Justice Tool
Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, featured on WOSU Radio - Dec. 3, 2009

Are Minorities Getting Enough Out of the Stimulus? on TIME - Nov. 23, 2009
quoted john powell, Executive Director

Keep The Somali Experience in Context
Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, featured on WOSU Radio - Sep. 28, 2009

Looking at the undocumented immigration story from a different perspective is an article by Kirwan Institute Deputy Director Andrew Grant-Thomas, “Amor de Lejos: Who’s Telling Immigration’s Human Story?” published on RaceWire on Sep. 16, 2009.

Black to brown: The changing face of New Orleans, by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, carried by The Grio on Aug. 28, 2009.

Race has everything to do with it, by Marguerite Hattouni Spencer, senior researcher at Kirwan, was featured on The Grio on Aug. 21, 2009.
The article says policymakers should understand that race is not a distraction, but a serious aspect of all the “real” problems.

Minority death match: Jews, blacks, and the “post-racial” presidency
john powell discussed Kirwan’s “Fair Recovery” project, related to race and the economic recovery, in the September issue of Harpers Magazine. (Page 66)

Minority death match: Jews, blacks, and the “post-racial” presidency
john powell discussed Kirwan’s “Fair Recovery” project, related to race and the economic recovery, in the September issue of Harpers Magazine. (Page 66)

Blacks Not Feeling a Fair Recovery from Federal Stimulus, carried by the Washington Informer Aug. 6, 2009, features an interview with john powell, Kirwan Institute executive director.
(This interview was also carried by The Afro Baltimore, The Afro Washington, and The Michigan Chronicle.)

Race as a Distraction
by Marguerite Hattouni Spencer, senior researcher at the Kirwan Institute, Aug. 18, 2009

Racial Profiling – Not Just for Middle-aged Elite University Professors Any More!
by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, carried by Imagine2050 - Aug. 11, 2009

Commentary: When Will Recovery Hit Black Neighborhoods?
john powell discusses the role of race in the recession and the recovery with Essence.com - Aug. 10, 2009

Racial Profiling Goes Deeper Than Gates Case
by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, featured on WOSU Radio - July 30, 2009

Racial Profiling Debate Not Over on USA Today - July 22, 2009
quoted john powell, Executive Director

Will Economic Recovery Reach Black Neighborhoods?
by john powell, executive director of the Kirwan Institute, a commentary on stimulus spending allocation, was published on The Grio - July 14, 2009

Questions of racism also framed past hearings
an op-ed on The Grio by Stephen Menendian, senior legal research associate at Kirwan and Brookes Hammock, legal intern - July 15, 2009

Sotomayor Hearings Are Opportunity to Shift Discourse On Race
by the same authors was carried by RaceWire - July 13th, 2009

A Regrettable Misunderstanding
by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, carried by Imagine2050 - July 14, 2009

Iran vs. Honduras: The Hypocrisy of the Mainstream Media
an article on RaceWire by Elsadig Elsheikh, research associate with the Kirwan Institute’s international program - July 3, 2009

The Poverty Artist
by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, featured on WOSU Radio - June 30, 2009

On the Continuing Significance of Race: People’s Exhibit #373
by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, featured on imagine2050.org - June 5, 2009

Digest - Race and the Presidential Election

Saturday, May 23, 2009, at 4:30 p.m., CSPAN’s Booktv interviewed Hasan Jeffries, Assistant Professor of History with a joint appointment at the Kirwan Institute, about his upcoming book, Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt, a look at civil rights reform of the 1960s. (Watch now)

Torture Paintings
by Elsadig Elsheikh, Research Associate at the Kirwan Institute, featured on RaceWire, The ColorLines Blog - May 29, 2009

Are You Poor? There’ll Be An Extra Charge for That

by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, featured on RaceWire, The ColorLines Blog - May 27, 2009

Ohio's Death Penalty - Not Exactly Arbitrary

by Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, featured on WOSU Radio - May 25, 2009

A Note from Stephen Menendian, Senior Legal Research Associate:
"What is a Racial Classification? Confusion in the Court: A Short Analysis of Ricci v. Destafano Oral Argument"

The Durban Review Conference: Hopefully More Than Words
The Durban Review Conference, the world conference on racism, took place the week of April 20, with many fewer participants than initially expected. Joining the United States, Israel, Canada, Italy, and Australia in announcing boycotts one weekend before the start of the Conference were Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden. (read more ...)

Post-Racialism or Targeted Universalism? (pdf file) john a. powell (February 2009)

The Root carried the following article by john powell Apr. 6, 2009:
Why the U.S. Must Go to the Race Conference
If President Obama is serious about advancing a positive vision of our nation as a partner in the world, he must go to the World Conference Against Racism.

john powell, executive director of the Kirwan Institute was interviewed on NPR’s “Tell Me More” on Feb. 20, 2009 to discuss Attorney General Eric Holder’s comment about race in the U.S. today.

Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director of the Kirwan Institute, was quoted Feb. 18, 2009 by the Associated Press and other media in response to a speech by Attorney General Eric Holder. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29260098/)

Kirwan Institute’s Hasan Jeffries, associate professor of history, discussed the legacy of Lincoln and Obama on BBC Radio 3 Night Waves Feb. 11, 2009.

Executive Director john powell was interviewed on NPR’s “Tell Me More” Feb. 11, 2009, to discuss, Are We Living In A Post-Racial America?

Opportunity for All conference 2009 features Kirwan Institute's work
Read Reflections on "Opportunity for All" conference - BT Irwan Blog

Kirwan associate Hasan Jeffries, assistant professor of history, was interviewed on WOSU Radio’s Open Line Feb. 3, 2009 to discuss how the Obama presidential campaign has its roots in the civil rights era and other American social movements. To listen, click here.

Kirwan Statement on Senator Obama's Victory - Nov. 6, 2008
Outlook for an Obama Presidency: Video analysis by john powell, Executive Director

Indexing Race in the US at the Dawn of the “Age of Obama”
Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director at the Kirwan Institute, was featured as a guest columnist on RaceWire Jan. 27, 2009.

"A Referendum on Race" - Read an article by Andrew Grant-Thomas in ColorLines e-magazine

A Vote to Change the World, NYU Press blog by Hasan Kwame Jeffries