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Policies and laws that create and perpetuate poverty and racial inequity are written into the fabric of our nation. Read our blog posts on the fight for racial and economic justice.

Recent Posts

President and CEO Audra Wilson reflects on our history and solutions to advance our shared mission

A year ago, Illinois passed a law making it a civil rights violation to deny housing based on an individual's source of income. Housing justice attorney Joerika Stitt looks at the law's impact.

Statement from Audra Wilson, President and CEO of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law

Reflections on four decades of using the power of words to fight for racial and economic justice.

False narratives about the role of race in history hide inequitable outcomes and protect the status quo.

Background screening practices block many tenants from safe and affordable housing.

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