How We Rise

How We Rise is a project from the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion initiative at Brookings that focuses on policy solutions to upend structural racism and create a more equitable society for all.

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A for sale sign is seen outside a house in Maple Heights a suburb of Cleveland,Ohio March 1, 2012.

Cities & Communities Suburbs are gentrifying—and communities are pushing back

Willow Lung-Amam

September 26, 2024

Shopping in a Whole Foods Market supermarket in New York on Monday, September 2, 2024. Vice-President Kamala Harris announced that upon election she will propose the first federal ban on food price gouging.

Economic Indicators How economic concerns are shaping the youth vote in 2024

Gabriel R. Sanchez, Karishma Luthra, Anya Parasher

September 5, 2024

450 tonnes of waste are piled up on a slip road of the A104 motorway, close to a site of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Villepinte, near Paris, France, March 19, 2024.

Cities & Communities Olympic transformation of metropolitan cities—for better or for worse

Keon L. Gilbert, Calvin Bell

August 29, 2024

United States President Joe Biden signs an Executive Order on new actions to advance environmental justice in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 21, 2023.

Cities & Communities Banning critical race theory could hinder the pursuit of environmental justice

Keon L. Gilbert, Calvin Bell

August 19, 2024

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