How Much Does Policing Really Cost?
The National Equity Atlas is excited to announce the release of our latest data tool — At What Cost? Examining Police, Sheriff, and Jail Budgets Across the US. The interactive dashboard explores how much cities and counties across the nation spend on policing and incarceration.
U.S. Senate Hearing: Water Affordability and Small System Assistance
Kyle Jones, Legal and Policy Director with Community Water Center and WECR Caucus steering committee member, testifies before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife. Watch the proceedings or download Kyle's testimony.
| More >Building for the All! Anti-Displacement Standards for Equitable Housing Futures
This memo offers equity standards and policy interventions that support active anti-displacement strategies as a critical pillar of both equitable housing policy and place-based development. These standards and policy interventions account for existing market pressures currently exacerbating gentrification and displacement, and offer opportunities to leverage federal and local policy...
| More >Fewer and Fewer Small Businesses Are Getting Federal Contracts
Our analysis of federal data shows that the number of small businesses contracting with the federal government shrank dramatically over the past decade and federal purchasing — and the economic opportunities it generates — is highly concentrated in just a few congressional | Read more >