Articles By: Kirwan Institute

Kirwan Institute

The Kirwan Institute works under the leadership of Executive Director and Professor john a. powell, an internationally recognized authority in the areas of civil rights, civil liberties, and issues relating to race, ethnicity, poverty and the law. The institute employs nearly 30 full-time staffers including research associates, GIS specialists, a post-doctoral fellow, and also offers internships during the summer. The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at the Ohio State University partners with people, communities, and institutions worldwide to think about, talk about, and engage issues of race and ethnicity in ways that create and expand opportunity for all.

House race in S.D. could be decided on Indian reservations

House race in S.D. could be decided on Indian reservations
For the first time in history two women will be competing for South Dakota’s lone Congressional seat. Repub. Candidate Kristi Noem Dem. Candidate Stephanie Herseth- Sandlin Kristi Noem entered the Republican primary late, but outdistanced her male opponents in a stretch run that saw her win the right...
June 14th, 2010 | Politics, US | Read More

Héctor Aristizábal: Telling stories to change the world

Héctor Aristizábal: Telling stories to change the world
By Dr. Alcira Dueñas This past weekend, I had the unique opportunity to attend a talk, a play, and part of a workshop by Héctor Aristizábal, a multiphacetic artist with a singular approach to life and a serious commitment to transform the vital experience of many around the planet. The way Héctor...
May 16th, 2010 | The Arts | Read More

EDITORIAL: Obama’s speech addressed several categories of people and communities except race and ethnicity

EDITORIAL: Obama’s speech addressed several categories of people and communities except race and ethnicity
What a long, strange year it’s been. A year that began with the loud insistence by some that Barack Obama’s election confirmed the United States as an essentially colorblind, post-racial nation went on to present a series of spectacular counterpoints to that claim – flaps over Attorney General...
January 28th, 2010 | Featured, State of the Union | Read More

State of the Union reflections

State of the Union reflections
Read President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address here. “Last night’s speech was President Obama at his oratorical best. Powerful opening—great walk through the struggles of our nation’s history. He was Presidential and confident. He was humble, yet scolding of the politicians...
January 28th, 2010 | Featured, State of the Union | Read More

President Obama’s State of the Union Address

President Obama’s State of the Union Address
“Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the President shall give to Congress information about the state of our union. For two hundred and twenty years, our leaders have fulfilled this...
January 28th, 2010 | Featured, State of the Union | Read More

Obama’s State of the Union Addresss – In full

January 28th, 2010 | Featured, State of the Union | Read More

React to Obama’s State of the Union

Race-Talk will be collecting reactions to Barack Obama’s State of the Union. We would like to have short 150-300 word reactions.  Send your reactions by 6 a.m. January 28th to bell.875@osu.edu. Thanks for getting involved in the conversation. Selected reactions will be published on Race-Talk January...
January 27th, 2010 | Talk About Race | Read More

Fostering African-American businesses

Korean, black leaders attend Asian workshop on entrepreneurship By Brent Jones, Baltimore Sun About a decade ago, Inwook Ben Hur opened a small grocery store in Baltimore after relocating to the area to go to graduate school at Coppin State. Hur, like many native Koreans who immigrated here, founded...
December 7th, 2009 | Talk About Race | Read More

For Black Women, Breast Cancer Strikes Younger

For Black Women, Breast Cancer Strikes Younger
by Brenda Wilson, NPR Many African-American women don’t fit the profile of the average American woman who gets breast cancer. For them, putting off the first mammogram until 50 — as recommended by a government task force — could put their life in danger. “One size doesn’t fit all,”...
December 7th, 2009 | Talk About Race | Read More

Struggles of the second generation

Struggles of the second generation
By N.C. Aizenman Monday, December 7, 2009, Washington Post Staff Writer Carol Guzy-Carol Guzy/Washington Post Javier Saavedra slumped his burly frame into a worn, plaid couch in the cramped basement room he shares with his girlfriend and their 2-year-old daughter, his expression darkening as he ticked...
December 7th, 2009 | Talk About Race | Read More

ARRA reaching few minority businesses

ARRA reaching few minority businesses
American Recovery Reinvestment Act Logo While federal government American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) funds are targeted to promote financial recovery for all Americans, an analysis by the Kirwan Institute shows that a comparatively low percentage of ARRA contracts and revenues are reaching...
October 26th, 2009 | Economics, Racial Equity | Read More

Race, policy, and house council on women and girls

Race, policy, and house council on women and girls
Bill O'Leary-The Washington Post On March 11, 2009, President Obama signed an executive order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls. According to the president, “the purpose of this council is to ensure that American women and girls are treated fairly in matters of public policy.”...
February 9th, 2009 | Politics, US | Read More