Creating justice in a multiracial democracy : new will for evidence-based policies that work / edited by Alan Curtis ; foreword by Wes Moore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Curtis, Alan, 1943- editor.

Moore, Wes, 1978- writer of foreword, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. Report.

United States.

United States--Race relations.

Cultural pluralism--United States.

Cultural pluralism.

Multiculturalism--United States.

Multiculturalism.

Minorities--United States.

Minorities.

Equality--United States.

Equality.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Racial justice--United States.

Racial justice.

Physical Description:

xlvi, 482 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY ; London : Teachers College Press, [2024]

Contents:

Foreword / Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland

Introduction / Alan Curtis, President and CEO Eisenhower Foundation

PART 1. WHAT EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY WORKS?

Economic and Employment Policy

1. Should the Federal Government Play a Role in Racial Equity? Of Course / Jared Bernstein

2. The New Economics and the Rebalancing of Power / Felicia Wong and Matt Hughes

3. Guidez-Faire: Why Capitalism Needs Effective Governance / Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

4. Worker-Centered and Race-Conscious Policy Are Essential for Equity and Economic Justice / Valerie Wilson and Adewale Maye

Education and Youth Development Policy

5. The Long Quest for Equitable Educational Opportunity / Linda Darling-Hammond

6. Building Loving Systems to Create One America for All Children / John H. Jackson and Zakiyah Ansari

7. A New Great Society / Randi Weingarten

8. Action to Reaffirm: Equity, Racial Justice, and the Future of College Admissions / Dwayne Kwaysee Wright and Michael Feuer

9. Act Now! Invest in America's Youth / Dorothy Stoneman and Mary Ellen Sprenkel

Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Policy

10. Police Reform: Where Do We Go From Here? / Neil Gross

11. Race, Transparency and Policing: Practical Advice From One Pracademic's Point of View / Branville Bard Jr.

12. Two Justice Systems

Separate and Unequal / Kim Taylor-Thompson

13. One in Five: Progress and Pushback in Lowering the Lifetime Likelihood of Imprisonment for Young Black Men / Nazgol Ghandnoosh

14. Violence in Post-pandemic America: Hard Truths and Enduring Lessons / Elliott Currie

Housing and Neighborhood Investment Policy

15. Scaling Economic and Housing Justice / Lisa Rice, Michael Akinwumi, and Nikitra Bailey

16. What the Kerner Commission Got Wrong and How We Can Get It Right: Remedying Segregation Requires Recognizing Its True Origins / Leah Rothstein and Richard Rothstein

Public Health Policy

17. An Accidental Public Health Manifesto / Michelle A. Williams

18. U.S. Health Care Policy, the Evidence, and the Will for Change: What Will It Take to Transform Decades of Evidence Regarding U.S. Race-and Income-Based Health Disparities to a "Will for Change"? / Herbert C. Smitherman Jr., and Anil N. F. Aranha

Latino, Native American, and Asian American Policy Perspectives

19. The Power of Stories / Janet Murgu̕a

20. E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, (We Are) One / Sindy M. Benavides

21. Kerner Commission Report: 21st-Century Native American Perspective / Judith LeBlanc

22. United Against Hate: How Asian America Is Standing Up / George Huynh

PART 2. HOW TO CREATE NEW WILL?

Dr. King, Economic Justice and Moral Fusion

23. Reviving the Heart of Democracy / Rev. William Barber II

24. An Email and an Epistle for American Democracy / Cornell William Brooks

Persuasion, Democracy, and Voter Rights

25. Values, Villain, Vision: Messaging to Mobilize Our Base and Persuade the Conflicted / Anat Shenker-Osorio

26. A New North Star to Lead Us to a Representative Democracy That Is Just and Equitable for All / LaTosha R. Brown

27. Calling In as Compassionate Activism / Loretta J. Ross

Media, Evidence, and Misinformation

28. When Our "Truth-Tellers" Won't Tell Us the Truth: Looking Back at the Kerner Commission Report and Ahead to a Transformed Media Landscape / Ray Suarez

29. "Little Brother Is Watching Big Brother": The Flawed Media Lens on Policing and Racism / Julian E. Zelizer

30. Race and Media in a Polarized Society / Robert Faris

31. A More Evidence Based Policy Agenda / Justin Milner

The Visual Arts, Monuments, and the Performing Arts

32. Carry History, Hold Truth: Art in the Public Realm / Roc̕o Aranda-Alvarado, Margaret S. Morton, and Lena Sze

33. Healing Toward New Will / Claudia Pena

34. Art as Translation / Carlton Mackey

35. Regenerating the Body of Culture / brooke smiley

36. The Art Will. . . A Musing on Life in the Performing Arts: A Case Study for NEW WILL / Lisa Richards Toney.

"How do we heal our divided society? In this volume, foremost thought leaders provde the recommendations for policy initiatives that will reduce economic inequality, racial ingustice, and child pverty."

back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

"The Kerner Commission updated" -- Front cover.

ISBN:

9780807769942

0807769940

9780807769959

0807769959

OCLC:

1425871021