WE’RE ALL IMMIGRANTS
“QuickFacts: United States.” United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 20, 2017. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/RHI325215/00.
Gates, Henry Louis Jr. “Slavery, by the Numbers.” The Root. Feburary 20, 2014. Accessed June 16, 2017. http://www.theroot.com/slavery-by-the-numbers-1790874492.
ARE WE POST-RACIAL?
“Calendar of Ethnic Holidays.” Wake Forest University. 2017. Accessed June 20, 2017. http://college.wfu.edu/aes/calendar-of-ethnic-holidays/.
“Poverty Rate by Race/Ethnicity.” Kaiser Family Foundation. 2017. Accessed June 2, 2017. http://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/poverty-rate-by-raceethnicity/.
“Unemployment rate and employment-population ration vary by race and ethnicity.” Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2017. Accessed June 16, 2017. https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2017/unemployment-rate-and-employment-population-ratio-vary-by-race-and-ethnicity.htm.
Wagner, Peter, and Bernadette Rabuy. “Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2017.” Prison Policy Initiative. March 14, 2017. Accessed June 2, 2017. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2017.html.
NATIVE LAND
“Indian Lands of the United States.” U.S. Department of the Interior. Last Modified February 7, 2017. Accessed June 14, 2017. https://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/mld/indlanp.html.
“Oak Flat/Apache Leap.” Earthworks. Accessed June 15, 2017. https://www.earthworksaction.org/voices/detail/oak_flat_apache_leap#.WUBxXGjyvIU.
McAuliff, Michael. “Defense Bill Passes, Giving Sacred Native American Sites to Mining Company.” Huffington Post. December 12, 2014. Accessed June 15, 2017.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/12/defense-bill-passes-rio-tinto_n_6317946.html.
WATER
“Lead Poisoning and Health.” World Health Organization. Last Modified September 2016. Accessed June 20, 2017. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs379/en/.
Cousins, Farron. “America is Suffering From a Very Real Water Crisis That Few are Acknowledging.” Desmog. January 24, 2017. Accessed June 20, 2017. https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/01/24/america-suffering-very-real-water-crisis-few-are-acknowledging.
McGraw, George. “For These Americans, Clean Water is a Luxury.” The New York Times. October 20, 2016. Accessed June 20, 2017.https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/opinion/for-these-americans-clean-water-is-a-luxury.html.
LGBTQIA EQUALITY
“Why the Equality Act?” Human Rights Campaign. 2017. Accessed May 29, 2017. http://www.hrc.org/resources/why-the-equality-act.
“Joint Adoption Laws.” Equality Council. 2017. Accessed May 29, 2017. http://www.familyequality.org/get_informed/resources/equality_maps/joint_adoption_laws/.
“Addressing Stigma: A Blueprint for Improving HIV/STD Prevention and Care Outcomes for Black & Latino Gay Men.” National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors. May 2014. Accessed May 29, 2017. https://www.nastad.org/sites/default/files/NASTAD-NCSD-Report-Addressing-Stigma-May-2014.pdf.
“LGBTQIA Resource Center Glossary.” The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Resource Center at the University of California, Davis. August 8, 2016. Accessed May 29, 2017. http://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu/educated/glossary.html.
ABLEISM
Davis, Lennard J., Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body (New York: Verso, 1995).
“What is Ableism? Five Things About Ableism You Should Know.” FWD/Forward.November 19, 2010. Accessed June 16, 2017. http://disabledfeminists.com/2010/11/19/what-is-ableism-five-things-about-ableism-you-should-know/.
“Screening tests (Checking Your Baby’s Health Before Birth).” Women and Children’s Health Network, Last Modified November 3, 2016. Accessed June 23, 2017. http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=438&np=459&id=2760#what.
WHITE SUPREMACY
Kochhar, Rakesh, and Richard Fry. “Wealth Inequality has Widened Along Racial, Ethnic Lines Since End of Great Recession.” Pew Research Center. December 12, 2014. Accessed June 9, 2017. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/12/12/racial-wealth-gaps-great-recession/.
“Median Household Income in the United States in 2015, by Race or Ethnic Group (in U.S. Dollars).” The Statistics Portal. 2017. Accessed June 3, 2017. https://www.statista.com/statistics/233324/median-household-income-in-the-united-states-by-race-or-ethnic-group/.
LIFE FOR NATIVE PEOPLES
Krogstad, Jens Manuel. “One-in-Four Native Americans and Alaska Natives are Living in Poverty.” Pew Research Center. June 13, 2014. Accessed June 12, 2017. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/13/1-in-4-native-americans-and-alaska-natives-are-living-in-poverty/.
“Public High School Graduation Rates.” National Center for Education Statistics. Last Modified April 2017. Accessed June 13, 2017. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_coi.asp.
Cowlitz Indian Tribe. “Native American Community.” Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs. Last Modified April 26, 2016. Accessed June 12, 2017. http://www.wcsap.org/native-american-community.
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
National Sexual Violence Resource Center. “What Is Sexual Violence?” 2016. Accessed June 26, 2017. http://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/saam_2016_what-is-sexual-violence_0.pdf.
RAINN “Victims of Sexual Violence: Statistics” 2016. Accessed June 26, 2017. https://www.rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-violence.
“The Facts.” Polaris. 2017. Accessed July 10, 2017. https://polarisproject.org/facts.
TRANSGENDER EQUALITY
Kralik, Joellen. “‘Bathroom Bill’ Legislative Tracking: 2017 State Legislation.” The National Conference of State Legislatures. April 12, 2017. Accessed June 9, 2017. http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/-bathroom-bill-legislative-tracking635951130.aspx.
Bolles, Alexandra. “Violence Against Transgender People and People of Color is Disproportionately High, LGBTQH Murder Rate Peaks.” Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. June 4, 2012. Accessed June 9, 2017. https://www.glaad.org/blog/violence-against-transgender-people-and-people-color-disproportionately-high-lgbtqh-murder-rate.
Haas, Ann P., Philip L. Rodgers, and Jody L. Herman. “Suicide Attempts Among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adults: Findings of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey.” The Williams Institute. January 2014. Accessed June 6, 2017. http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/AFSP-Williams-Suicide-Report-Final.pdf.
“LGBTQIA Resource Center Glossary.” The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual Resource Center at the University of California, Davis. August 8, 2016. Accessed May 29, 2017. http://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu/educated/glossary.html.
THE GENDER WAGE GAP
U.S. Census Bureau, 2015 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates and U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements, Table P-38.
EQUALITY AND EQUITY
Daniels, Jessie. “White Women and Arrifmative Action: Prime Beneficiaries and Opponents” RacismReview. 2014. Accessed June 26, 2017. http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2014/03/11/white-women-affirmative-action/.
Ajinkya, Julie. “Unequal Pay Day for Black and Latina Women” Center for American Progress. 2012. Accessed June 16, 2017. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/news/2012/04/16/11437/unequal-pay-day-for-black-and-latina-women/.
“Voter Suppression Laws: What’s New Since the 2012 Presidential Election” American Civil Liberties Union. 2017. Accessed June 26, 2017. https://www.aclu.org/map/voter-suppression-laws-whats-new-2012-presidential-election.
NATIVE PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
World Heritage Encyclopedia. “List of Unrecognized Tribes in the United States” Accessed June 26, 2017. http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/list_
of_unrecognized_tribes_in_the_united_states.
Native News Online Staff. “Tribal Equal Access to Voting Act of 2015.” NativeNewsOnline.net. May 21, 2015. Accessed June 20, 2017. http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/tribal-equal-access-to-voting-act-of-2015/.
WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT
Center for American Women and Politics. ”Women in Elective Office 2017.” Accessed June 16, 2017. http://cawp.rutgers.edu/women-elective-office-2017.
“Women in International Parliaments.” Inter-Parliamentary Union. June 1, 2017. Accessed June 9, 2017. http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMIGRANTS
Archives of Rudolph W. Giuliani, nyc.gov.
Fairchild, Caroline. “16 Iconic American Companies Founded by Immigrants.” The Huffington Post. April 15, 2013. Accessed June 15, 2017. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/american-companies-founded-by-immigrants_n_3116172.html.
“Open for Business: How Immigrants are Driving Small Business Creation in the United States.” The Partnership for a New American Economy. August 2012. http://www.newamericaneconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/openforbusiness.pdf.
Costa, Daniel, David Cooper, and Heidi Shierholz. “Facts About Immigration and the U.S. Economy: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.” Economic Policy Institute. August 12, 2017. Accessed May 23, 2017. http://www.epi.org/publication/immigration-facts/.
BULLYING OF LGBTQIA YOUTH
“LGBT Bullying Statistics.” NoBullying.com. Last Modified November 7, 2016. Accessed June 15, 2017. https://nobullying.com/lgbt-bullying-statistics/.
Cook, Currey. “Fighting Homelessness Among LGBTQ Youth.” Lambda Legal. December 1, 2014. Accessed June 4, 2017. http://www.lambdalegal.org/blog/20141201_fighting-homelessness-among-lgbtq-youth.
MENTAL HEALTH
“Module 2: A Brief History of Mental Illness and the U.S. Mental Health Care System.” Unite for Sight. 2015. Accessed May 16, 2017. http://www.uniteforsight.org/mental-health/module2#_ftnref1.
“Mental Health and the Role of the States” The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. June 2015. Accessed May 16, 2017. http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/assets/2015/06/mentalhealthandroleofstatesreport.pdf.
Hedden, Sarra L., et al. “Behavioral Health Trends in the United States: Results from the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Substance Abuse and mental Health Services Administration. 2015. Accessed June 15, 2017. https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-FRR1-2014/NSDUH-FRR1-2014.pdf.
Skowyra, R. Kathleen, and Joseph J. Cocozza. “Blueprint for Change: A Comprehensive Model for the Identification and Treatment of Youth with Mental Health Needs in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System.” The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice. 2007. Accessed June 15, 2017. https://www.ncmhjj.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2007_Blueprint-for-Change-Full-Report.pdf.
WOMEN IN POVERTY
“Nonelderly Adult Poverty Rates.” Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. 2015. Accessed June 23, 2017. http://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/adult-poverty-rate-by-gender/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D.
Tucker, Jasmine, and Caitlin Lowell. “National Snapshot: Poverty Among Women & Families, 2015.” National Women’s Law Center. September 14, 2016. Accessed June 23, 2017. https://nwlc.org/resources/national-snapshot-poverty-among-women-families-2015/.
Reilly, Katie. “Sesame Street Reaches Out to 2.7 Million American Children With an Incarcerated Parent.” Pew Research Center. June 21, 2013. Accessed June 5, 2017. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/06/21/sesame-street-reaches-out-to-2-7-million-american-children-with-an-incarcerated-parent/.
PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Wagner, Peter, and Bernadette Rabuy. “Following the Money of Mass Incarceration.” Prison Policy Initiative. January 25, 2017. Accessed June 5, 2017. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/money.html.
“Criminal: How Lockup Quotas and ‘Low-Crime Taxes’ Guarantee Profits for Private Prison Corporations.” In the Public Interest. September 19,
2013. Accessed June 14, 2017. https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/criminal-how-lockup-quotas-and-low-crime-taxes-guarantee-profits-for-private-prison-corporations/.
Davis, Lois M., et al. “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education: A Meta-Analysis of Programs That Provide Education to Incarcerated Adults.” RAND Corporation. 2013. Accessed June 14, 2017. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR266.html.
WAR ON DRUGS
Wagner, Peter, and Bernadette Rabuy. “Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2017.” Prison Policy Initiative. March 14, 2017. Accessed June 12, 2017. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2017.html.
“Criminal Justice Fact Sheet.” National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 2017. Accessed June 22, 2017. http://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/.
RACE AND INCARCERATION
“Criminal Justice Facts.” The Sentencing Project. 2017. Accessed June 12, 2017. http://www.sentencingproject.org/criminal-justice-facts/.
Wagner, Peter, and Alison Walsh. “States of Incarceration: The Global Context 2016.” Prison Policy Initiative. June 16, 2016. Accessed June 23, 2017. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/2016.html.
Mauer, Marc, and Ryan S. King. “Uneven Justice: State Rates of Incarceration by Race and Ethnicity.” The Sentencing Project. July 2007. Accessed June 15, 2017. http://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Uneven-Justice-State-Rates-of-Incarceration-by-Race-and-Ethnicity.pdf.
BLACK LIVES MATTER
“The Counted: People Killed by Police in the US.” The Guardian. 2016. Accessed May 30, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/jun/01/the-counted-police-killings-us-database.
Swaine, Jon, Oliver Laughland, Jamiles Lartey, and Ciara McCarthy. “Young Black Men Killed by US Police at Highest Rate in Year of 1,134 Deaths.” The Guardian. December 31, 2015. Accessed May 31, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/31/the-counted-police-killings-2015-young-black-men.
“Re-Engineering Training On Police Use of Force.” Police Executive Research Forum. August 2015. Accessed June 1, 2017. http://www.policeforum.org/assets/reengineeringtraining1.pdf.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Dahlman, LuAnn. “Climate Change: Global Temperature. Climate.gov. April 19, 2017. Accessed June 22, 2017. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-temperature.
“Arctic Climate Issues 2011: Changes in Arctic Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost.” Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program. 2012. Accessed June 22, 2017. http://www.amap.no/documents/doc/arctic-climate-issues-2011-changes-in-arctic-snow-water-ice-and-permafrost/129.
Wike, Richard. “What the World Thinks About Climate Change in 7 Charts.” Pew Research Center. April 18, 2016. Accessed June 22, 2017. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/18/what-the-world-thinks-about-climate-change-in-7-charts/.
PATH TO CITIZENSHIP
“Table 20. Petitions for Naturalized Filed, Persons Naturalized, and Petitions for N Naturalization Denied: Fiscal Years 1907 to 2015.” U.S. Department of Homeland Security. December 15, 2016. Accessed May 17, 2017. https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2015/table20.
“Table 21. Persons Naturalized by Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2015.” U.S. Department of Homeland Security. December 15, 2016. Accessed May 17, 2017. https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2015/table21.
“U.S. Citizenship & Naturalization Process.” U.S. Immigration. 2017. Accessed May 17, 2017. https://www.immigrationdirect.com/immigrationresources/U-S-citizenship-naturalization-process.jsp.
Krogstad, Jens Manuel, Jeffrey S. Passel, and D’vera Cohn. “5 Facts About Illegal Immigration in the U.S.” Pew Research Center. April 27, 2017. Accessed June 1, 2017. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/27/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s/.
“Definition of Terms.” U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Last updated November, 3, 2016. Accessed July 7, 2017. https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/data-standards-and-definitions/definition-terms#.
“How the United States Immigration System Works.” American Immigration Council. August 12, 2016. Accessed July 7, 2017. https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/how-united-states-immigration-system-works.
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
“Clean Air Act Overview: Progress Cleaning the Air.” United States Environmental Protection Agency. Last Modified February 16, 2017. Accessed June 20, 2017. https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/progress-cleaning-air-and-improving-peoples-health.
“Laws & Regulations: Summary of the Clean Water Act.” United States Environmental Protection Agency. Last Modified February 7, 2017. Accessed June 20, 2017. https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-act.
Laws & Regulations: Summary of the Safe Drinking Water Act.” United States Environmental Protection Agency. Last Modified February 7, 2017. Accessed June 20, 2017. https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-safe-drinking-water-act.
LIVING WITH A DISABILITY
“Disability Statistics.” United States Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy. 2017. Accessed June 23, 2017. https://www.dol.gov/odep/.
Harrell, Erika. “Crime Against Persons with Disabilities, 2009 – 2012 – Statistical Tables.” U.S. Department of Justice. February 2014. Accessed June 10, 2017. https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/capd0912st.pdf.
“Violence, Abuse and Bullying Affecting People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities: A Call to Action for the Criminal Justice Community.” The Arc’s National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability. 2015. Accessed June 23, 2017. http://www.thearc.org/document.doc?id=5145.
GEOGRAPHY OF RACE
Skobba, Kim. “Understanding Homeownership Disparities Among Racial and Ethnic Groups.” Minnesota Homeownership Center. 2013. Accessed May 30, 2017. http://www.hocmn.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/REPORT_UnderstandingHomeownershipDisparities.pdf.
“1934 – 1968: FHA Mortgage Insurance Requirements Utilize Redlining.” The Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston. Accessed May 31, 2017. http://www.bostonfairhousing.org/timeline/1934-1968-FHA-Redlining.html.
“1920s – 1948: Racially Restrictive Covenants.” The Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston. Accessed May 31, 2017. http://www.bostonfairhousing.org/timeline/1920s1948-Restrictive-Covenants.html.
Blakeslee, Jan. “‘White Flight’ to the Suburbs: A Demographic Approach.” Institute for Research on Poverty Newsletter. 1979. Accessed May 31, 2017. http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc32a.pdf.
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
“The Educational Opportunity Monitoring Project: Racial and Ethnic Achievement Gaps.” Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis. 2013. Accessed June 9, 2017. http://cepa.stanford.edu/educational-opportunity-monitoring-project/achievement-gaps/race/#first.
Rich, Motoko, Amanda Cox, and Matthew Bloch. “Money, Race and Success: How Your School District Compares.” The New York Times. April 29, 2016. Accessed June 9, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/29/upshot/money-race-and-success-how-your-school-district-compares.html.
“A Look at the Shocking Student Loan Debt Statistics for 2017.” Student Loan Hero. 2017. Accessed May 30, 2017. https://studentloanhero.com/student-loan-debt-statistics/.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Hajat, Anjum et al. “Air Pollution and Individual and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).” Environmental Health Perspectives 121, no. 11-12 (2013): 1325-1333. Accessed June 20, 2017. https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/121/11-12/ehp.1206337.pdf.
Bell, Michelle L., and Keita Ebisu. “Environmental Inequality in Exposures to Airborne Particulate Matter Components in the United States.” Environmental Health Perspectives 120, no. 12 (2012): 1699-1704. Accessed June 20,2017. https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/120/12/ehp.1205201.pdf.
“Lead.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last Modified February 9, 2017. Accessed June 20, 2017. https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/.
“Blood Lead Levels – United States, 1999–2002.” Centers for Disease Control. Last Modified May 26, 2005. Accessed June 20, 2017.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5420a5.htm.
CAUSES OF DISABILITY
“The 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress.” The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. November 2015. Accessed June 22, 2017. https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2015-AHAR-Part-1.pdf.
Refugees with Disabilities.” Women’s Refugee Commission. Last Modified February 19, 2016. Accessed June 20, 2017. https://www.womensrefugeecommission.org/disabilities/disabilities-fact-sheet.
HEALTH CARE
Ward B. W., T. C. Clarke, C. N. Nugent, and J. S. Schiller. “Early release of selected estimates based on data from the 2015 National Health Interview Survey.” National Center for Health Statistics. May 2016. Accessed June 16, 2017. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.
Caldwell N., T. Srebotnjak, T. Wang, R. Hsia. “’How Much Will I Get Charged for This?’ Patient Charges for Top Ten Diagnoses in the Emergency Department.” PLOS ONE. 2013. Accessed July 16, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055491.
McGrath, Maggie. “63% Of Americans Don’t Have Enough Savings To Cover A $500 Emergency.” Forbes. 2016. Accessed June 16, 2017. https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2016/01/06/63-of-americans-dont-have-enough-savings-to-cover-a-500-emergency/#2f329e94e0d9.
“Country Comparison: Infant Mortality Rate.” Central Intelligence Agency. 2016. Accessed May 16, 2017. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html.