Andre M. Perry
Brookings
Washington, DC, United States
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Why is life expectancy so low in Black neighborhoods?
As we slowly recover from the intersecting health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential to advocate for the kind of public investment that will create greater equity and allow for everyone to live healthily—regardless of their race or place. → Read More
Three lessons for boosting postsecondary education and wages in Black-majority cities
While it is vital that Black students continue to receive postsecondary education, we must ensure that they can do so without being financially shackled, and that they will be paid equitably in the jobs their education is preparing them for. → Read More
COLUMN: Schools must strive to protect young women from sexual abuse
Our society is to blame for creating a culture that continues to permit the sexual abuse of women and girls. → Read More
COLUMN: Student debt cancellation isn’t regressive, it’s anti-racist
Color-blind income analyses mask the experiences of Black people and fail to understand the reality of Black student debt. → Read More
To restore North Nashville’s Black middle class, local policymakers should pursue reparations
Restoring North Nashville’s Black middle class will require more than tax abatements and flashy development projects. If state and local policymakers are serious about revitalizing these communities, they need to pursue local reparations policies. → Read More
Refuting the worst excuses against student debt cancellation
We’re not sure who is feeding Biden information about student debt cancellation, but it’s clearly leading to inaction. → Read More
COLUMN: If you don’t want critical race theory to exist, stop being racist
Conservative legislators across the country who are passing laws to ban books and courses on critical race theory show where they stand. → Read More
COLUMN: Higher education infrastructure included in Biden plan
Biden’s American Jobs Plan recognizes the need for higher education infrastructure by making smart investments in the science and knowledge. → Read More
Standardized tests aren’t the problem, it’s how we use them
Tests will tell us the extent of the damage of the last 12 months. → Read More
COLUMN: Standardized tests aren’t the problem, it’s how we use them
School standardized testing isn't the problem, it’s how we use them. But these tests will tell us the extent of the damage of the last year. → Read More
We Should All Be Able to Have Babies Like White People
Fertility treatments should not just be a luxury for a privileged class. → Read More
COLUMN: Financial literacy courses won’t solve the racial wealth gap
Lack of financial literacy isn't to blame. Stop blaming Black people for the exploitation that has stolen away their wealth for generations. → Read More
The real estate industry is divesting from Donald Trump—but divesting from white supremacy requires more
The real estate industry has been complicit in white supremacy and racial discrimination long before Trump took office. Will the repudiation of Trump lead to a wider reckoning? → Read More
COLUMN: The four steps to safely reopen schools and save our nation
America needs to heal medically and socially; re- opening schools is an important first step in that process. → Read More
COLUMN: History textbooks must not ignore white supremacist violence
The absence of rigorous teaching about white supremacy in history textbooks helped facilitate its proliferation today. → Read More
COLUMN: Time to fight for the funding our kids need to mend the coronavirus wreckage
Most education policy experts recognize that the $13.2 billion the CARES Act allocated for K-12 education is woefully inadequate. → Read More
Coronavirus economic relief cannot neglect Black-owned business
The nature of businesses that generate significant revenue for Black people place them in the center of the fight against COVID-19—but also at the center of the pandemic’s economic fallout. → Read More
Black Americans were forced into ‘social distancing’ long before the coronavirus
If we don’t address structural inequalities in this country, recovery will be uneven and enduring → Read More
Hurricane Katrina provides lessons about closing campuses during the coronavirus crisis
While closing schools may help contain the spread of the coronavirus, vulnerable students are now being put at risk in an entirely different way. → Read More
By suspending protesting students, what lessons are Syracuse University leaders teaching?
Syracuse University students were suspended for protesting against university leaders for not responding adequately to bias incidents on campus → Read More