For general press inquiries, please contact press@policylink.org. For a list of media hits, see News & Opinion.

See select press releases below:

• Biden-Harris Administration Issues Final Rule Requiring Replacement of Lead Pipes Within 10 Years, Announces Funding to Provide Clean Water to Schools and Homes (10/8/24)
• PolicyLink Announces Ashleigh Gardere as New President (8/27/24)
• HUD Takes Aim at Discriminatory Practices by Tenant Screening Companies and Housing Providers (5/3/24)
• Nearly 300 Civil Rights, Housing, Faith, and Industry Organizations and Local Elected Officials Urge Biden Administration to Immediately Release Fair Housing Rule (4/18/24)
• PolicyLink Releases New Standards to Guide Landmark Infrastructure Investments (3/10/23)
• New Research Affordable Housing is Top Priority for Voters Across Demographics (11/3/22)
• New Report Details Outcomes of Federal Government's First-Ever Racial Equity Pilot Program (5/12/22)
• New Report Reveals that Renters across the United States Face Shrinking Access to Affordable Neighborhoods, with Black Renters Experiencing the Steepest Declines (5/10/22)
• New Research Highlights Racial Inequities in the Columbus Area Workforce and Targeted Strategies to Advance Shared Prosperity (5/9/22)
• PolicyLink, FSG, JUST Capital Publish Groundbreaking Report on Corporate Racial Equity Standards and Launch Public Comment Period (4/8/22)
• New Analysis of California’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program Finds Only 16 Percent of Nearly Half a Million Applicants Received Payment, Putting Hundreds of Thousands of Renters at Imminent Risk of Eviction (3/3/22)
• PolicyLink Receives Donation from Sony Corporation of America for “Winning on Equity” Campaign (12/21/21)
• National Equity Atlas: Number of Small Business Vendors in Federal Marketplace Declined by Nearly 40 Percent over the Last Decade (9/28/21)
• New National Equity Atlas Analysis: Removing Eviction Protections Places 6.2 Million Households at Risk of Losing Their Homes (8/30/21)
• New Report Finds Most Rideshare Drivers Not Receiving Promised Health Care Benefits under Proposition 22 (8/19/21)
• PolicyLink Releases the Nation’s First Comprehensive Racial Equity Blueprint for Federal Agencies (7/27/21)
• Decentering Whiteness” is Critical to Improving Health, Well-Being, and Economic Security for All Communities, New Report Finds (6/29/21)
• National National Equity Atlas Further Democratizes Data with Launch of Racial Equity Data Lab (5/6/21)
• Housing Justice Centered in 2021 Health Equity Ambassadors Selection (2/1/21)
• First Ever Racial Equity Index Provides Scorecard and Data to Drive Local Efforts to Tackle Structural Racism (7/23/20)
• Harlem Children’s Zone Raises $26 Million Towards National COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Efforts: Selected as 2020 Audacious Project Grantee (7/21/20)
• Strengthening Our Impact: New Staff and Leadership (6/29/20)
• Workers of Color are Disproportionately Impacted by the Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19, New Study Finds (6/4/20)
• National Effort to Reform Harmful Fines and Fees Announces Local Champions (5/26/20)
• Bay Area Diversity Still Not Reflected Among Top Elected Officials, According to New Analysis from the Bay Area Equity Atlas (2/27/20)
• Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Statement (1/8/20)
• Federal Job Guarantee Leaders Demand Economic Security and Dignity for All (12/11/19)
• Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Spotlights the Transformative Power of Arts and Culture (11/13/19)
• New Report Analyzes 150 U.S. Regions to Propose Strategies for Inclusive Growth (10/15/19)
• Landmark Data Tool Spotlights Bay Area Inequality — And Solutions — for Policymakers, Advocates (1/5/2019)
• Eight Black Women Mayors Join First-of-Its-Kind Network from PolicyLink and ESSENCE (1/29/2019)
• A Portrait of Economic Insecurity In The U.S.: New Data, Bold Interventions (12/5/2018)
• All-In Cincinnati Presents: Educate. Motivate. Move: A Path to Inclusive Prosperity in our Region (10/18/18)
• PolicyLink President and CEO, Michael McAfee, Takes the Lead as Angela Glover Blackwell Assumes New Role as Founder in Residence (9/4/18)
• Counting A Diverse Nation: Advancing Health Equity Through Disaggregated Racial/Ethnic Data (8/15/2018)
• New Equity Profile shows billions lost in Omaha-Council Bluffs regional economy (6/1/18)
• Solving the Housing Crisis Is Key to Inclusive Prosperity in the Bay Area (4/10/18)
• First Orange County Equity Report Highlights Orange County’s Challenges and Opportunities to Becoming a More Equitable Region (3/26/18)
• 10 Cities Selected for New Anti-Displacement Policy Network (3/22/2018)
• 2018 Equity Profile of Sacramento Highlights the Potential of a More Equitable Economy (2/28/18)
• California Takes the Lead in Juvenile Justice Reform --  Ends the Harmful, Unlawful, and Costly Practice of Charging Fees to Families With Youth in the System (10/12/17)
• New Analysis Highlights Importance of Renters to the Nation's Economic Vitality (9/12/17)
• Health Equity and the Path to Inclusive Prosperity in Buffalo (5/8/17)
• 2017 Equity Profile Of Grand Rapids Highlights The Potential For Equity To Drive Shared Prosperity (4/27/17)
• New Report Finds That Closing The Racial Wealth Gap Would Lead To A $24 Billion Boost To Long Island's Economy (4/24/17)
• 2017 Equity Profile Of Fresno County Highlights Dramatic Inequities (4/17/17)
• 2017 Equity Profile Of The Los Angeles Region Highlights Dramatic Inequities In The Region (3/2/17)
• National Endowment for the Arts and The Kresge Foundation Partner to Expand Support for Creative Placemaking (9/28/16). Also see release on Kresge Foundation site, and view their Arts and Culture portfolio.
• New Report Sets Equitable Development Agenda for Pittsburgh (9/16/16)
• The Equitable Innovation Economies Initiative releases report on groundbreaking efforts of four cities working to advance more inclusive groth strategies (9/13/16)
• New Report Offers Roadmap to Healthy Housing For All (4/27/16)
• Local and Regional Organizations Receive Transportation Equity Grants (2/27/15)
• Bill to Incorporate Promise Neighborhoods Program into "No Child Left Behind" Introduced in Congress (2/13/15) 
• Dear President Obama: What Happens After Ferguson? (8/26/14)
• Congress Passes Farm Bill with Broad Bipartisan Support (2/5/14)
• Research Confirms Access to Healthy Food Still Matters (11/19/13)
• Poll Shows Americans Embracing Diversity Supporting Steps to Reduce Racial Inequality (10/22/13)
• PolicyLink & Center for American Progress host "All-In California" (9/24/13)
• Senate Agriculture Committee Passes Farm Bill (4/27/12)
• Light Rail Brings Hope and Challenges to Low-income People and Communities of Color (1/5/12)
• Bipartisan "Healthy Food Financing" Bills Would Create Jobs and Cut Childhood Obesity (12/1/11)
• America's Tomorrow: An Interactive Map of our Nation's Future (5/19/11)
• New Study Highlights Impact of Uneven Transit Access on Low-Income Communities (5/12/11)
• Prosperity 2050: Is Equity the Superior Growth Model? (4/22/11)
• U.S. Department of Education Announces (9/21/10)
• National Civil Rights Leaders Announce Virtual Book Club Exploring Race and America's Future (9/8/10)
• Keeping Kids Moving: How the Federal Transportation Bill Can Help Stop Childhood Obesity (7/15/10)
• Promoting Responsible Investment in Twin Cities' Low-Income, High-Foreclosure Neighborhoods (5/5/10)
• PolicyLink Launches the Promise Neighborhoods Institute (4/30/10)
• U.S. Senator Kristen Gillibrand Announces the National HFFI (4/12/10)
• First Lady Michelle Obama Highlights Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative (2/19/10)
• Obama's Budget Funds National Healthy Food Financing Initiative (2/2/10)
• New Stimulus Funds will make Black & Latino Communities Healthier (9/18/09)
• Leading Health Foundations Say Prevention is Vital to Health Systems Reform (8/17/09)
• Smart Ideas at the Intersection of Transportation, Health, and Equity (7/21/09)
• Foreclosures Everywhere -- Now What? (7/8/09)
• A User's Guide to Community Transportation Dollars in the Stimulus (4/1/09)
• Katrina Housing Crisis Still Hampers Gulf Coast Recovery: New report offers most comprehensive look yet at Louisiana housing recovery programs three years after hurricanes (8/1/08)
• Smaller Industrial Cities Offer Walkable Haven for Families, New Report Says (7/22/08)
• Our Kids Can't Breathe in Our Communities: New report provides blueprint to fight the environmental triggers of childhood asthma (5/13/08)
• Danny Glover to preview Sundance-winning Katrina Documentary (3/6/08)
• Tavis Smiley to Lead National Panel on Race and Poverty in Election '08 (3/3/08)
• National Summit on Poverty and Equity coming to New Orleans (2/28/08)
• Ending the Crisis Among Men and Boys of Color (11/13/07)
• Building a Better New Orleans: Hope Needs Help; New report shows that, despite some successes, Katrina's most vulnerable victims still need help (8/24/07)
• Louisiana Rental Housing Crisis Worse Than Projected (6/14/07)
• PolicyLink Role at the Heart of Louisiana Rebuilding Plans (6/17/06)
• Operators At New Call Center Ready to Give Information to Louisiana Residents Displaced By Katrina and Rita (3/21/06)
• High Tech, State of the Art Web Portal Is 'First Stop on the Way Home' for Displaced Louisiana Residents, Businesses (3/8/06)
• New National Report Hails Programs in Five Cities for Innovative Contributions to the Renewal of America's Cities (3/8/06)
• PolicyLink Appoints New Associate Director for Development and Planning; And Announces Departure of Senior Staff Member (12/1/05)
• PolicyLink CEO to Address Louisiana Recovery Authority Board Meeting, Thursday, December 1: Stresses Need to Involve Evacuees and Residents in Rebuilding Plans. (12/1/05)
• Angela Glover Blackwell to Address Democratic Caucus Taskforce on Jobs and the Economy (11/16/05)
• Food Retailers Partner with Low-Income Communities to Fight Obesity Solutions in Local Access to Fresh, Healthy Food. (10/12/05)