Unequal
Unequal
A series on race and inequality across the United States.
Part One
- An overhaul for justice
“There’s no system too big to reimagine—not even the criminal justice system.”
- Solving racial disparities in policing
Experts say the approach must be comprehensive, because the roots are embedded in culture.
- The flaws in our data
Professor and computer scientist Latanya Sweeney discusses issues surrounding the increased use of data and algorithms in policing and sentencing.
Part Two
- Fighting for equality at the ballot box
Law School students and affiliates battle gerrymandering and other bars to access.
- Let all the voices be heard
Aaron Mukerjee talks about the Voting Rights Litigation Clinic.
- The roots of a reckoning
Lawrence D. Bobo talks about confronting the long shadow cast by America’s history of deeply fraught race relations and entrenched inequality.
Part Three
- In pursuit of climate justice
Two Harvard groups are working to right the wrongs of decades of discriminatory environmental policies with the hope of reversing their effects on the next generation.
- From the experts
“Pandemics like COVID reveal in the most painful way what we need to fix in the world.”
- The turning point
Renee Salas discusses how climate change is impacting the everyday health of African American, Latinx, and Indigenous Americans.
Part Four
- Christina Cross
"What we need are policies that alleviate financial hardship and facilitate good, consistent parenting."
- From the experts
Racial wealth gap may be a key to other inequities
- Houses and health
Harvard professors discuss the devastating health effects for people living in the shadow of redlining.
