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Equity and Diversity

Mi'Chael Wright & Christopher Robertson Join Health Policy Research Scholars

Professor Jeylan Mortimer Named Recipient of the 2020 John Bynner Distinguished Scholar Award

Faculty Spotlight: Professor Claire Kamp Dush

Racism's Hidden Toll

Minneapolis police face staffing challenges as violence rises

For U.S. Census, Documenting Multiracial Heritage Is Harder Than It Sounds; Census data provide clearest picture of race in America—but even that is incomplete

A Closer Look at How the US Enforces Drinking Laws

Climate and Social Justice: Results of the IT Revolution in Bangalore

Bridges of Memory: Tying the Past to the Present

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December 3, 2020

Breaking Free: Creating transformative changes in policing for Minneapolis

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What’s next for policing in Minneapolis following the killing of George Floyd so that institutional and systemic racism in society can be eliminated?

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