Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy

Guaranteeing the Common Good: Next Generation Strategies for Building Racial, Gender and Economic Justice
2024-04-17 16:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
After four decades of failed supply side economic policies that have exacerbated poverty, expanded racial and gender wealth divides, and diminished the Common Good, it is time for a new economic vision for California and the nation.
Join us on Wednesday, April 17 for a timely and inspiring idea exchange featuring two of the nation’s foremost advocates for needed, just economy reforms:

Natalie Foster, President and Co-Founder of the Economic Security Project
Solana Rice, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Liberation in a Generation

Inclusive economy experts Natalie Foster and Solana Rice will join Dr. Gabriela Sandoval, executive director of the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute, and Henry A. J. Ramos, senior fellow at the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School, for a conversation building on Natalie’s forthcoming book, The Guarantee: Inside the Fight for America’s Next Economy, and Liberation in a Generation’s compelling Oppression and Liberation Economy Platform.
This gathering will build on evolving efforts by progressive change agents in California and elsewhere to advance a Common Agenda focused on:

promoting inclusive economy models;
bolstering community organizing and advocacy efforts designed to address structural reform;
supporting policy action and alignment across progressive communities at the state and regional levels and;
meeting the growing imperative to lift up the vision and voices of young people and communities of color.

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Organized by the California Explorations Project (an initiative of The New School’s Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy) and the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute, this roundtable is part of an exciting new initiative to build capacity for multi-issue coalition work, expanded civic mobilization, and long term social justice wins for all historically marginalized communities.

2024 Henry Cohen Lecture Series: A New Agenda for Health and Wellbeing
2024-04-02 19:00 - 21:00 | The Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NY, United States
The U.S. is amid a decades-long population health crisis. The world is emerging from a devastating pandemic with tragic and unequal loss of life. These population and public health outcomes are associated with a prevailing neoliberal political economy that have left too many people vulnerable to preventable sickness and premature death.
This conversation will ask: how do we build a world where our economy inclusively enables all people, regardless of their identity, to have the resources to experience health, wellbeing, and dignity? What are the policies and narratives about our economy that need to change for this to happen? And how might a fresh political economy lens allow us to imagine and build new possibilities?
In this spirit, this event will mark the announcement of the new Health and Political Economy Project, which is aiming to craft a forward-looking community and roadmap for change on health.
Speakers include:

Harvard University Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights Dr. Mary Bassett;
Yale University Law Professor Amy Kapczynski;
President of the New York State Nurses Association Nancy Hagans;
President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Health Improvement Dr. Donald Berwick;
Family physician, sociologist, and postdoctoral fellow with the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale School of Medicine Dr. Victor Roy;
Practicing physician and Institute Senior Fellow Dr. Dave A. Chokshi; and
Institute Founding Director Darrick Hamilton.

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Presented by the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy in partnership with the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, the 2024 Henry Cohen Lecture Series, “Visions of a Post-Neoliberal Future,” brings leading thinkers, changemakers, policymakers, journalists, and activists to The New School to share their perspectives on building an inclusive political economy.

2024 Henry Cohen Lecture Series: Wake Up America
2024-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 | The Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NY, United States
In 1968, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer called for Americans to “wake up” if they wanted to “make democracy a reality.” Today, as Black communities continue to face challenges built on centuries of discrimination, Hamer’s plea is increasingly urgent.
Join us for a panel discussion of Dr. Keisha N. Blain’s new book, Wake Up America: Black Women on the Future of Democracy, and the steps we can take to build a truly inclusive democracy. Dr. Blain’s exhilarating anthology of original essays brings together the voices of major progressive Black women politicians, grassroots activists, and intellectuals to offer critical insights on how we can create a more equitable political future.
Speakers include:

Historian and author Dr. Keisha N. Blain;
Institute Senior Fellow Sen. Nina Turner;
President and CEO of Higher Heights for America Glynda C. Carr; and
Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University Dr. Christina Greer.

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Presented by the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy in partnership with the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, the 2024 Henry Cohen Lecture Series, “Visions of a Post-Neoliberal Future,” brings leading thinkers, changemakers, policymakers, journalists, and activists to The New School to share their perspectives on building an inclusive political economy.

2024 Henry Cohen Lecture Series: Baby Bonds and Beyond
2024-03-05 19:00 - 21:00 | The Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NY, United States
Baby Bonds are an increasingly popular government policy in which every child born into poverty receives a publicly funded trust account at birth, providing them with “start-up capital” to pursue fulfilling, productive, prosperous, and self-directed lives.
This conversation will ask: how do we forge a new economy that fosters broad prosperity and opportunity with economic inclusion, civic engagement, social equity and human dignity at its center, regardless of one’s identity? Additionally, we will debunk the myth of hard work as the driver of our economic inequalities, and address why policy and investments (like Baby Bonds) must address both income and wealth.
Speakers include:

Institute Founding Director Darrick Hamilton;
Connecticut State Treasurer Erick Russell;
Vermont State Treasurer Mike Pieciak;
New Mexico State Treasurer Laura Montoya;
Rhode Island State Treasurer James Diossa;
Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund Director of Programs Amit Khanduri; and
JPMorgan Chase PolicyCenter Executive Director for Financial Health and Wealth Creation Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines.

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Presented by the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy in partnership with the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, the 2024 Henry Cohen Lecture Series, “Visions of a Post-Neoliberal Future,” brings leading thinkers, changemakers, policymakers, journalists, and activists to The New School to share their perspectives on building an inclusive political economy.

A Discussion on Critical Economic Theory with Dr. Julianne Malveaux
2024-01-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Armour J. Blackburn University Center, Washington D.C.
The Institute and the Center for an Equitable Economy and Sustainable Society at Howard University hosted an insightful public keynote that explored the intersections of race, economy, and social justice on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at Howard University in Washington D.C.
Esteemed economist, author, and social commentator Dr. Julianne Malveaux headlined as the keynote speaker, providing unparalleled insights into the economic challenges and achievements within Black America. The event was introduced by our Founder, Dr. Darrick Hamilton, a leading scholar in economics, race, and policy, and known for his work on stratification economics and baby bonds. Adding a cultural dimension, Grammy-nominated artist Mumu Fresh performed, bringing a unique blend of music and social consciousness. The closing remarks of the event were presented by Dr. Michael Ralph and Dr. Jevay Grooms, both co-founders of the Center for an Equitable Economy and Sustainable Society. Dr. Ralph is a distinguished professor with a focus on medical anthropology, finance, and politics. Dr. Grooms is an applied microeconomist, whose research interests span public economics, health economics, and studies of poverty and inequality. Spearheaded by two pioneering institutions in their respective fields, this event invited students, scholars, policymakers, and community members to join a critical and enlightening discussion on pressing socio-economic issues.
The public keynote was an extension of the Structural Violence, Race, and Political Economy Symposium, curated by the Center for an Equitable Economy and Sustainable Society and the Institute. Over thirty researchers, activists, and policy officials concerned with the economics and history of structural violence gathered to set the stage for discussion on race that centers on racist thoughts and perspectives. They also explored discrete acts of racialized violence that underscore the economic, political, and historical dynamics that produce and inscribe inequality. The group examined the patterns of discrimination and social institutions that reinforce stratification and have established hierarchies based on physical and identity group differences, particularly race or physiognomy. They also considered gender, sexuality, ability, national origin, geography, education, and expertise. The group insisted that structural violence is not a happenstance occurrence but a systemic process with distribution and allocative consequences. They gathered with the intention of working collaboratively to create academic and public scholarship that advances the concept of structural violence and its impact on society.
Some of the symposium participants shared their reflections on Dr. Malveaux’s keynote address below.
Dr. Malveaux’s speech began by defining economics as the study of distribution that examines who gets what, where, and why. Her research is anchored in critical economic theory, the notion that all laws and structures combine to marginalize Black folks. Critical economic theory forwards an understanding of US capitalism as a form of racialized structural violence.
US capitalism was historically forged and currently sustained by a series of contradictions that conflated freedom, property, and power with Whiteness. Malveaux’s thesis aligns with the historical sociology of Nakano Glenn (2009, p. 2), who contends that “the founders of the nation set up a government based on principles of control by independent (white male) producers who would participate in governance and enjoy freedom. Citizenship status (recognition as a full adult citizen) was tied to labor status (position as a free independent producer).”
Malveaux recounted the brutal history of ‘property lynchings’ that assured the status of capitalist was limited to White men. A key figure in this legacy was the Black postman and store owner, Tommy Moss, whose murder was investigated and publicized by Ida B. Wells in her pamphlet “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All its Phases.” Moss was lynched after his successful grocery store, the People’s Grocery Store, competed with a white-owned store. The white store owner later purchased Moss’s store for only eight cents on the dollar following his death, crystallizing the violence that stabilized White monopoly on profit and ownership.
Malveaux traced this history to present-day predatory capitalism, which seeks to extract the maximum surplus value from land and labor at the expense of the laborer and the environment. She highlights the limitations of consumer-based approaches to combating systemic racism, cautioning that “when you buy black, you are still fueling an economy that is oppressing you” and that “we cannot buy our way to freedom.” What solutions are we left with then? Malveaux provides the perfect analogy to think about reform and transformation in tandem. Capitalism, she said, is a wolf. The job of our government, and I would add any of us committed to Black liberation, is to file down the teeth of that wolf with policies and practices that dismantle systemic barriers, redistribute resources equitably, and ensure that economic empowerment is accessible to all, particularly those who have been historically marginalized.
Kimberly C. Burke, a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at UC Berkeley, focuses her research on understanding the mechanisms of racial inequality within law enforcement and broader societal contexts. Her work, which includes examining the impact of diversity efforts in policing and the effects of policing on interracial interactions, aims to uncover barriers to equity and provide actionable solutions for organizational reforms toward social justice.

During her keynote address at Howard University, Dr. Malveaux made a lasting impression on me when she critiqued the processes and outcomes of structures that aim to create an equitable society. She questioned and challenged the processes that perpetuate inequalities impacting Black life. This led me to reconsider the structure of education offered to Black children in the public school system from a political economy perspective.
I reflected on the violent late 19th-century education model that aimed to convince Black people that they were not yet evolved enough for intellectual instruction and should instead be relegated to manual instruction in preparation for menial labor. Unfortunately, this model is still perpetuated today through the practice of tracking, which assigns students to educational experiences “suited” for their suggested placement in the workforce. This model sustains income disparities and contributes to the psychological violence inflicted upon Black and Brown communities.
Dr. Malveaux’s proposal for a thorough evaluation, identification, and remedy of this structural harm through radical restructuring is timely. We must take action to create a truly equitable society.”
Kristal C. Langford, a doctoral candidate at Rutgers’ Graduate School of Education, explores the impact of the Great Migration on New Jersey’s public schools and their racial dynamics in her historical research. In addition to teaching courses on race, education, and gender studies at William Paterson University, Kristal serves as the Public Historian for the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project and contributes to Revolution 250 New Jersey, focusing on incorporating marginalized voices into educational resources.

Dr. Malveaux urged us to address a clearly flawed economic system by examining the long-term effects of slavery and capitalism, or as she more aptly describes it, predatory capitalism.
If America was built on the backs of slaves, perpetuating the ideology of white superiority and reducing black people to mere capital, it is high time we confront the economic impacts of America’s past on the economic wellbeing of black people and others in this country.
Dr. Malveaux reminds us that Dr. Martin Luther King’s call to action included the redistribution of wealth to mitigate the violent effects of capitalism on black people. She highlighted how lynching in the post-emancipation era led to massive wealth loss among the black community. She also pointed out the historical income disparities and their current effects on transgenerational wealth, emphasizing how predatory capitalism continues to perpetuate these disparities through systemically unfair lending practices, education, and fear-mongering policing. Reparations are a start to eroding the effects of predatory capitalism.
We must push through to break the system that created the structural violence we see today if we want to see a humane and just economy.
Fatima Mboup is an Economics Ph.D. student at The New School. While studying there, she serves as a research associate at the Institute on Race Power and Political Economy and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Her research focuses on real-time macroeconomic data for the U.S. economy, macroeconomic surveys, and macroeconomic modeling.

Dr. Julianne Malveaux, in a charismatic and engaging fashion, began her address by connecting critical economy theory to the work and wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his unyielding critique of the capitalistic economy.
Disrupting the normalization of poverty and its alignment to an individual’s actions or character, Dr. Malveaux suggests we must focus on the system of laws that work collaboratively to oppress and injure Black people. Built on the premise that both the historical basis of the American economy and its present formation is demonstrative of structural violence, she emphasizes that when considering the most basic definition of the economy, a system of production and distribution, Blacks were, in effect, U.S. capital and thus factors to be calculated in someone else’s wealth.
Akin to an expert storyteller or griot, Dr. Malveaux interweaves narratives of resistance, including those of Ida B. Wells, Elizabeth Keckley, and Anthony Crawford, with policy recommendations on restructuring the American economy. Some of these recommendations include reallocating state-owned land to African Americans and restructuring taxation policies, even among high-income earning Blacks.
Her most memorable line, to me, which deconstructed the education of a classically trained economist, was, “if you believe that the outcome is reasonable, then you believe the process is reasonable.
Dr. Kideste Yusef, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Criminal Justice at Bethune-Cookman University and Director of the B-CU Center for Law and Social Justice, specializes in race and social justice, police-community relations, and structural violence in justice systems. With over twenty years of teaching experience and involvement in initiatives like the “I Fear for My Life” national dialogue, her work focuses on enhancing community-police relations and public safety, underpinned by her extensive academic background in criminal justice and sociology.

Following the insights from the symposium and keynote, I am moved to action. Dr. Malveaux underscores the importance of understanding the roots of inequality, with a particular focus on the role of discrimination and social institutions in systemic stratification. Developing and advocating for policies that target the underlying causes of structural violence is crucial. Unifying the inclusive dialogues among researchers, activists, and policymakers, can increase public awareness. We all can play our part in enacting change, no matter the size of our platform.
Advocating for equitable resource allocation in vital areas such as education, healthcare, and economic opportunities is fundamental. While these efforts may involve implementing legal frameworks, regulatory policies, and community-based oversight to prevent the predominance of any single group’s agenda at the expense of others, they are necessary. Through collaborative networks that unite academia, policy circles, activist groups, and affected communities, we can share knowledge, resources, and best practices.
I am reminded through my interactions with mentors and colleagues that tackling structural violence is a long-term commitment, necessitating continuous effort, and persistence to dismantle deep-rooted systemic inequalities and achieve sustainable change. I’m left ready to do my part and contribute to a lasting legacy of action in pursuit of Black Liberation.
The inaugural Education Stratification Fellow at the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy, Tanishia Lavette Williams, with a Ph.D. from the Public and Urban Policy program at The New School, specializes in urban politics, focusing on race, gender, and class. Her research, rooted in her extensive experience in various educational roles, examines the historic and current impact of racism in educational systems, policies, and practices, aiming to address educational disparities and outcomes.

From Solidarity to Structural Reform: A Roundtable for Long Term, Progressive Change in the U.S.
2023-12-12 09:00 - 10:30
Presented by the California Explorations Project (an initiative of the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy) and the Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute.
This virtual roundtable gathered social justice leaders and allies from across the country to elevate the need to dismantle structural policy and budget challenges that undermine long term wins for racial, gender, and economic justice. Featured guest speakers included Dr. Manuel Pastor, Director, USC Equity Research Institute, and Shimica Gaskins, President & CEO, GRACE/End Child Poverty CA.
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In Common: Romare Bearden and New Approaches to Art, Race & Economy
2023-11-29 - 2023-12-02
Presented by the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, the Romare Bearden Foundation, and the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University Newark.
This multi-tier initiative featured a symposium, exhibition and forthcoming publication—examining American icon Romare Bearden’s work as an artist, educator, scholar, songwriter, and social activist.

Short Film Screening One World: Climate & Humanity - Fighting Loss & Displacement
2023-10-25 14:00 - 16:00
Presented by Creatively Speaking Films at The Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy.

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Hernán Santa Cruz Dialogue
2023-04-20 13:30 - 16:00 | The Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NY, United States
Presented by The Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy and the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice at The New School.
As part of the Human Rights 75 Initiative, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy convened a group of leading global economists at The New School on Thursday, April 20 from 1:30-3:30pm for a pivotal Hernán Santa Cruz Dialogue and panel discussion on the potential for a global Human Rights Economy.

The UN Human Rights Office inaugurated the Hernán Santa Cruz Dialogue Series in October 2020, creating a dynamic platform for exchanging innovative thoughts, expertise, and approaches related to economic, social and cultural rights, the right to development, the 2030 Agenda, and Sustainable Development Goals in light of the current global challenges.
The Dialogue Series is named after Hernán Santa Cruz Barceló, a key figure in the development of the UN human rights framework who played a crucial role in incorporating economic and social rights into the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This dynamic discussion as a part of the Human Rights 75 Initiative has a two-fold objective of bringing together leading economic experts to build the Human Rights Economy concept and to use the Hernán Santa Cruz Dialogue to raise the visibility of the concept in a way that encourages greater awareness on the need for a Human Rights Economy and to encourage increased academic discourse and policy-maker dialogue on the subject.

2023 Henry Cohen Lecture Series: Visions of a Post-Neoliberal Future
2023-03-28 - 2023-05-09 | The Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NY, United States
Presented by The Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy and the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice at The New School.
At a pivotal moment of paradigm shift, many are asking, what will come next? According to many scholars and activists, the existing market-centric economic paradigm has failed: it has failed to deliver broad-based prosperity or financial stability, particularly for Black, Indigenous and other people of color. How do we forge a new economy that fosters broad prosperity with economic inclusion, civic engagement, social equity and human dignity at its center, regardless of identity?

In partnership with the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice and sponsored by the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy, “Visions of a Post-Neoliberal Future” will bring leading thinkers, changemakers, policymakers, journalists, and activists to the New School to present their perspectives on building an inclusive political economy as part of the Milano School’s Henry Cohen Public lecture series.

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Examining New Models and frameworks to Advance Racial and Economic Justice in the U.S.
2022-11-02 - 2022-11-22
A Five-Part Webinar Series presented by the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy and Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Featuring leading practitioners, scholars, and public intellectuals, this series is intended to lift up big ideas and innovative thought; offering actionable insights to education professionals, advocates, policy leaders, philanthropy and social investment executives, journalists, and the general public.

Exploring Baby Bonds as a Tool to Improve Economic Security
2022-09-27 15:00 - 16:30 | Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 33 Liberty Street, New York, United States
On September 27, 2022 the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in partnership with the Office of the State Treasurer for Connecticut and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School hosted an in-person event on the intersection of baby bonds with health, wealth, housing, and education.
Baby bonds are an innovative policy tool that provides children with publicly funded investment accounts that can be accessed at age 18 for specific uses, including education, homeownership, small business, and retirement. The funds are intended as a long-term investment designed to narrow the wealth gap and address generational poverty. As of 2022, eight states and Washington, D.C. have passed legislation to introduce baby bonds programs and supportive strategies that improve economic security.
The event featured Connecticut State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden and Dr. Darrick Hamilton, founding director of the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School, and a conversation on the benefits and challenges of baby bonds programs and effective strategies to link the bonds to other efforts addressing generational poverty.

2022 Henry Cohen Lecture Series: Visions of a Post-Neoliberal Future
2022-03-08 - 2022-03-19 | The Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NY, United States
Presented by the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy and the The Economic Security Project at The New School.
At a pivotal moment of paradigm shift, many are asking, what will come next? According to many scholars and activists, the existing market-centric economic paradigm has failed: it has failed to deliver broad-based prosperity or financial stability, particularly for Black, Indigenous and other people of color. How do we forge a new economy that fosters broad prosperity with economic inclusion, civic engagement, social equity and human dignity at its center, regardless of identity?
Sponsored by the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy and the Economic Security Project, “Visions of a Post-Neoliberal Future” will bring leading thinkers, changemakers, policymakers, journalists, and activists to the New School to present their perspectives on building an inclusive political economy as part of the Milano School’s Henry Cohen Public lecture series.

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A Brighter Future with Baby Bonds: How States and Cities Should Invest in Our Kids
2022-02-17
This discussion, hosted by Prosperity Now and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School, featured remarks and strategies centered around how to influence lawmakers and public officials to make Baby Bonds a priority and a reality through the passage of comprehensive legislation.
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Juneteenth 2021: The Question of Freedom
2021-06-22 15:00 - 16:00
Presented by the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice and the Institute on Race and Political Economy at The New School.
The Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice is proud to honor Juneteenth. For the first time in The New School’s history, Juneteenth is now recognized as a university holiday. Additionally, the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, in collaboration with the Institute on Race and Political Economy will host an important discussion to honor and recognize the holiday.
While Juneteenth acknowledges the declared end of the legal enslavement of African Americans, its existence challenges us to question what freedom for African Americans is. To grapple with the legacy of Juneteenth, and the persistent questions regarding the status of African Americans in the United States, we invite you to join us for an in-depth, transdisciplinary discussion amongst Darrick Hamilton, University Professor and founding director of the Institute on Race and Political Economy; Deva Woodly, Associate Professor Department of Politics; and Melanie Hart, Senior Vice President for Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice and Senior Legal and Policy Advisor for the Institute on Race and Political Economy.

The Color of Wealth: The Deconstruction of Greenwood and Tulsa’s Legacy of Loss
2021-06-01 18:30 - 19:30
Presented by the Institute on Race and Political Economy and the Justice for Greenwood Foundation.
The widening racial wealth gap in the United States is a troubling sign that millions of families are not equipped to offer better opportunities for future generations. Wealth allows families to make investments in homes, in education, in their own health, in businesses, and in other assets that create financial security for families and prosperity for entire communities.
The Institute for Race and Political Economy at The New School and the Justice for Greenwood Foundation, Inc. invite you to a live event and timely revelation of data on the widening racial wealth gap in Tulsa, Oklahoma – site of one of the deadliest acts of domestic terrorism on U.S. soil – the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
Before that day in 1921, hundreds of thriving Black-owned businesses and organizations lined the streets of Tulsa’s celebrated Greenwood district. Among them were regionally celebrated destinations like the upscale Stratford Hotel, the state-of-the-art Williams Dreamland Theater, and the first American Black-owned newspaper with a weekly national circulation, The Tulsa Star. In a matter of hours, an angry White mob slaughtered, maimed, and terrorized hundreds of Greenwood’s residents and burned nearly 40 square blocks of homes and businesses to the ground.
What is the state of the racial wealth gap today, 100 years later? How do chronic and ongoing racist policies and politics enrich White Tulsans at the expense of Black wealth, opportunity, and well-being?
This event will feature findings from the upcoming report: The Color of Wealth in Tulsa, Oklahoma, written by Ofronama Biu, Grieve Chelwa, Christopher Famighetti, Kate Richey, Damario Solomon-Simmons, and Darrick Hamilton.
Download the Color of Wealth: The Destruction of Greenwood and Tulsa’s Legacy of Loss: Advance Executive Summary here.

New Research Briefing: A Guaranteed Income for the 21st Century
2021-05-27 17:00 - 18:30
The Institute on Race and Political Economy at the New School invites you to a one-hour briefing to introduce a new paper from economists Naomi Zewde, Darrick Hamilton, and colleagues proposing a national guaranteed income. Picking up on a proposal endorsed by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., their guaranteed income proposal aims to completely abolish poverty in the United States and lift the incomes of tens of millions of Americans.
During this exclusive event, Darrick Hamilton, Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, and the Founding Director of the Institute on Race and Political Economy at The New School will be in conversation with Mayor Michael Tubbs, co-author, Naomi Zewde, Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy at the City University of New York, Andre Banks, CEO of A/B Partners, and Natalie Foster and Chris Hughes, Co-Founders of the Economic Security Project, which provided funding for the paper. Senator Nina Turner will deliver opening remarks and the panel discussions will be moderated by Dorian Warren, Co-Founder of the Economic Security Project.
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Envisioning Beyond the Silence: Asian American FIlmmakers Speak Their Truth
2021-05-20 18:30 - 20:00
Presented by Creatively Speaking in collaboration with the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice and the Institute on Race and Political Economy at The New School. To see the other events in this series, visit the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month hub.
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders has increased indiscriminately amidst a system already notorious for its violence against communities of color. This short film series followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers centers the plight against communities of color on our AAPI brothers and sisters, connecting the dots between the silos of oppression and sequestered voices, constructed by white supremacy. This program intends to expand the narrative beyond silence.
Film titles include:
• I Am But I am Not by Daisy Truong – 6 mins
This short film is the pilot, introductory episode for a series that will explore the multifaceted, complex identities of Asian Americans. This episode touches on the intersection of the model minority myth and Black Lives Matter.
• #freemask by Feilin Yang (New School Alumni) – 7 mins
This short documentary by New School Alum Feilin Yang, produced in the early days of the Pandemic, exposes the challenges African Americans and Asian Americans are facing as a result of the false assumptions propagated about the COVID-19 virus.
• Parallel Adele by Adele Pham (New School Alumni) – 16 mins
Two half-Vietnamese documentary filmmakers, both named Adele, both New School alumni, weave a shared narrative of mixed Asian (hapa) experiences through interviews with seven other mixed race interviewees.
• In the Shadow of the Pines by Anne Koizumi – 8 mins
An animated short describing what life is like for a second-generation Asian-Canadian young woman with an immigrant father, and the challenges faced in their relationship.

The New Conversation with Dr. Dwight A. McBride and Darrick Hamilton
2021-03-02
In this series, Dr. Dwight A. McBride, President of The New School, converses with scholars, artists, activists, and a wide range of notable individuals to share their work, their experiences, and their views on a whole host of issues.
Darrick Hamilton is The New School’s Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy and Founding Director of the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy. Hamilton is considered one of the nation’s foremost scholars, economists, and public intellectuals, and has been involved in crafting policy proposals, such as Baby Bonds and a Federal Job Guarantee.
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The Role of Race, Labor Markets, and Education in Building an Equitable Recovery
2021-02-17
Presented by WorkRise and The New School.
Understanding how labor markets function for different racial and ethnic groups during recessions can reveal structural inequities in our economy and inform efforts to rebuild after the COVID-19 pandemic. Though educational attainment has long been regarded as the primary engine of economic mobility, new insights show it may not act as a buffer against economic hardship during recessions equally across racial and ethnic groups.
New research from Darrick Hamilton, the Henry Cohen professor of economics and urban policy and founding director of the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School, demonstrates disparities in labor market experiences for Black, Latinx, and white workers during recessions and illustrates the unique impact of the current recession compared with previous downturns. Join WorkRise and The New School for an exclusive research briefing with Hamilton, a member of WorkRise’s Leadership Board. The briefing will be followed by a discussion with civic, business, and philanthropic leaders on bold solutions for dismantling structural inequities in education and the labor market and building an equitable recovery.
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