On November 5, 2020, D.C. Policy Center Director of Research and Policy Emilia Calma testified before the D.C. Council Committee…

Living in a toxin-free environment is essential to people’s mental and physical health. Being exposed to chemicals from pollution in…

A recent working paper released by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth (WCEG) —and covered by the Washington Post on…

Both during and after, the COVID-19 pandemic is going to widen existing inequities in Washington, D.C. Despite the heavily repeated…

With the  novel coronavirus continuing to spread across the nation, the impacts have been uneven, both in terms of who…

Black women across the U.S. are starting businesses at six times the national average. According to a 2018 report commissioned…

The D.C. Council spent a significant amount of time discussing health access, especially access to hospitals, during budget deliberations this past month. We wondered: how does access to pharmacies—one…

This excerpt has been adapted from Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C. (UNC Press, April…

On April 25, 2019, D.C. Policy Center Deputy Director of Policy Kathryn Zickuhr testified on B23-0038, “Racial Equity Achieves Results…