Research & Studies

In 2019, the national maternal mortality ratio for all women in the U.S. was 32.1 per 100,000 live births. In Arizona, New Jersey, New York, and Georgia, each state had a maternal mortality ratio greater than 100 for 100,000 live births. This is triple the national average.

New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology shows investors are most likely to push out Black, middle-class homeowners from neighborhoods. Collectively, Black people in the Atlanta area lost more than $4 billion in home equity over a 10-year period because of investors, according to the research.

Using natural language processing tools to analyze transcripts from 17 South Carolina capital cases, researchers determined that prosecutors asked questions with significant differences in the length, complexity, and tone of the questions to potential African-American jurors versus those posed to potential White jurors.

In 2022, 3,825 African Americans committed suicide. There was a 3.6 percent increase in the number of Black suicides in 2022 compared to a 2.1 percent increase among Whites. According to the American Psychiatric Association, African Americans often receive poorer quality mental healthcare and lack access to culturally competent care.

The authors found that only 9 percent of all applicants were seriously considered for the postdoc positions. White applicants were among the most likely to reach that stage, along with women who identified as Black, Latina, or Native American. Black, Latina, or Native American women were the most likely to be interviewed but the least likely of the interviewed candidates to be offered the job.

The analysis found that communities with majority Black residents face larger credit spreads on municipal bonds than communities with non-Black majorities. Applying this borrowing penalty to the entire municipal bond market results in Black Americans paying an estimated $900 million in additional interest costs each year.

In 2022, 4,275,000 African Americans moved. This was 9.8 percent of the Black population. In contrast, 8 percent of the non-Hispanic White population changed their residence in 2022. Slightly more than 5 percent of all African Americans who moved, left the country. Only 2.7 percent of non-Hispanic Whites who moved, left the United States.

A new study led by Mytien Nguyen, a student at Yale Medical School, finds that Black M.D./Ph.D. students are 83 percent more likely than White students to leave medical school and 50 percent more likely to graduate with only a medical doctorate. In total, 29 percent of Black students did not complete their full M.D./Ph.D. training, compared to 17 percent of White students.

A new report from The Century Foundation shows that the 19 historically Black universities that are also 1890 land-grant colleges have not received the same level of federal financial support that has gone to predominantly White land-grant institutions.

A new report from The Education Trust shows that vast disparities in attainment by race, ethnicity, and gender persist in STEM education and employment, thereby limiting access and opportunities for social and economic mobility for some — particularly women and people of color.

A new study by researchers at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago finds that Black residents living in highly segregated neighborhoods have life expectancies four years shorter on average than residents living in less segregated predominantly White neighborhoods.

A new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that the median weekly earnings of the nation's 121.5 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,100 in the second quarter of 2023. But there is a persisting racial gap in earnings. African Americans had median weekly earnings of $913. For non-Hispanic Whites, median weekly earnings were $1,126. Thus, Black earnings were 81 percent of their White peers.

The 1870 federal census recorded formerly enslaved African Americans by name, and though it is a vital tool for genealogical research, many African Americans are still not able to trace their family members to or beyond this document. A new study attempts to shed some light on the ancestral history of African Americans prior to 1870.

The survey showed that 31.8 percent of Blacks over the age of 40 had some type of disability that limited their activities. For non-Hispanic White adults over the age of 40, 27.4 percent report a disability that limited their activities. Only 17 percent of Asian Americans over 40 reported a disability.

New research by Reuters has found that of the 536 members of the current U.S. Congress, at least 100 have ancestors who had ties to the institution of slavery. More than one quarter of all U.S. Senators have an ancestor who enslaved at least one person. Two justices of the U.S. Supreme Court and 11 of the nation's 50 governors had ancestors who were involved in slavery.

New research by Reuters has found that of the 536 members of the current U.S. Congress, at least 100 have ancestors who had ties to the institution of slavery. More than one quarter of all U.S. Senators have an ancestor who enslaved at least one person. Two justices of the U.S. Supreme Court and 11 of the nation's 50 governors had ancestors who were involved in slavery.