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Introduction This article brings together studies across disciplines to understand the relationship between structural racism, poverty, and child health. Structural racism is defined as “differential access to societal goods, services, and opportunities by race.” The authors argue that a focus on poverty without appropriate consideration of racism has failed to address the negative health outcomes…

The authors of this study use survey responses to examine white women college students’ levels of support for race-conscious affirmative action admissions policies, their reasons for supporting or opposing such policies, and the racial attitudes that may influence their reasoning. Introduction This study seeks to understand whether white women college students in the United States…

This study finds that banking deserts fall unevenly across race, income, and nativity lines, with Latinx immigrant, low-income Black, and American Indian and Alaska Native communities facing the greatest gaps in access to brick-and-mortar financial institutions. Introduction This study examines where, and for whom, brick-and-mortar financial institutions are accessible across the United States, with particular…

This qualitative study centers the experience of three Indigenous graduate and professional students, alongside reflections from one of the study’s lead researchers.  The study argues that authentic belonging in higher education must be grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing, relationality, and cultural identity. Introduction This qualitative study seeks to decolonize the concept of belongingness as…

This article reviews how passport discrimination affects Asian passport holders’ travel, economic opportunities, immigration experiences, visa processing, and social integration. Introduction This study examines how passport discrimination affects Asian individuals living in Western countries who hold passports from India, Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. Passport discrimination refers to differential treatment based on the passport a…

This study uses data from a national survey to examine the wealth distribution of white, Black, and Latinx households in the United States. The authors identify wealth disparities between white and Black households and between white and Latinx households across the entire distribution. Introduction In addition to income, wealth—defined as “the total of all assets…

This study argues that health inequalities research systematically overlooks the role that racially and socioeconomically privileged groups play in producing health disparities and documents this “diversion” across grants, datasets, published articles, and national health policy. Introduction This study examines a significant blind spot in health inequalities research: the near-total absence of scrutiny directed toward racially…

This study examines how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as violence exposure, household substance use, and parental divorce/separation, are associated with parental incarceration among African American children in the U.S. Introduction Using a nationally representative dataset, this study investigates the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and parental incarceration among African American children in the…

This article examines the reliance on anti-bias checklists in clinical settings and the education of health professionals, noting a lack of focus on a justice-oriented clinical curriculum. Introduction Wyatt and Randall examine the limitations of using anti-bias checklists which are intended to address and mitigate health inequities in the education of health professionals. Inequities can…