Mend the Gaps Resource Library

The NETWORK community has committed to working towards a 2020 Policy Vision to mend the wealth and access gaps in our nation. Check the boxes below to find resources from experts on the policies that will help our nation to flourish.

The Out Crowd

Access to Citizenship, Podcast, Racial Justice

Uprooted: The 1950’s Plan to Erase Indian Country

Podcast, Racial Justice

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

Book, Racial Justice

10 Tips on Receiving Critical Feedback: A Guide for Activists

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

Black Mothers Keep Dying After Giving Birth. Shalon Irving’s Story Explains Why

Access to Healthcare, Article, Racial Justice

Getting Called Out: How to Apologize

Racial Justice, Short Video

Play Spent: Could You Survive on the Minimum Wage?

Interactive Game, Living Wages

Catholic Social Teaching and Taxes

Article, Tax Justice

These 10 countries have the best parental leave policies in the world

Article, Family-Friendly Workplaces

The Color of Law

Access to Housing, Book, Racial Justice

How the Health Care System Has Racial Biases

Access to Healthcare, Racial Justice, Short Video

Evicted by Mathew Desmond

Access to Housing, Book, Racial Justice

Finding Time by Heather Boushey

Book, Family-Friendly Workplaces

The Impact of Raising the Minimum Wage to $15 by 2024, by Congressional District

Fact Sheet/Report, Living Wages

The Real Price of Medications

Access to Healthcare, Fact Sheet/Report

Justice in Aging Report: Women and Poverty

Access to Healthcare, Access to Housing, Fact Sheet/Report, Family-Friendly Workplaces, Racial Justice, Tax Justice

Sandy Still Speaks: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

Podcast, Racial Justice

Born on Third Base

Book, Tax Justice

Speaking Up Without Tearing Down

Article, Racial Justice

Profile of Bunky Echo-Hawk

Racial Justice, Short Video

American Indian School a Far Cry from the Past

Podcast, Racial Justice

American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many

Podcast, Racial Justice

Honor the Treaties: A Film by Eric

Documentary, Racial Justice

America’s Native Prisoners of War

Racial Justice, Short Video

How Native Americans in the Arts are Preserving Tradition in a Changing World

Article, Racial Justice

Disparities

Fact Sheet/Report, Racial Justice

Tribal Nations and the United States

Fact Sheet/Report, Racial Justice

Race, Wealth and Taxes: How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Supercharges the Racial Wealth Divide

Fact Sheet/Report, Racial Justice, Tax Justice

The Role of Highways in American Poverty

Article, Racial Justice

The Inequality Hidden Within the Race-Neutral G.I. Bill

Article, Racial Justice

How the GI Bill Left Out African Americans

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

After the War: Blacks and the G.I. Bill

Fact Sheet/Report, Racial Justice

Implicit Bias

Interactive Game, Racial Justice

The Racial Wealth Gap: Why Policy Matters

Fact Sheet/Report, Racial Justice

The Racial Wealth Gap: Addressing America’s Most Pressing Epidemic

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

Explained: The Racial Wealth and Income Gap

Documentary, Racial Justice

13th

Article, Documentary, Racial Justice

A Second Look at Social Security’s Racist Origins

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

Mapping the Lasting Effects of Redlining

Access to Housing, Article, Racial Justice

What We Get Wrong About Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

Fact Sheet/Report, Racial Justice

Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys

Article, Racial Justice

Wealth Inequality has Widened Along Racial, Ethnic Lines since End of Great Recession

Article, Racial Justice, Tax Justice

Interrupting Microaggressions

Fact Sheet/Report, Racial Justice

Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

With Friends Like These Podcast: “White Fragility 101”

Podcast, Racial Justice

The Urgency of Intersectionality

Racial Justice, Short Video

The History of Black Catholics in America

Article, Racial Justice

The Bishops’ Letter Fails to Recognize that Racism is a White Problem

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

Sister Antona Ebo’s Lifelong Struggle Against White Supremacy, Inside and Outside the Catholic Church

Article, Racial Justice

Did you really just say that? Here’s advice on how to confront microaggressions, whether you’re a target, bystander or perpetrator

Article, Racial Justice

The Messiness of Microaggressions

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

What’s Wrong with Cultural Appropriation? These 9 Answers Reveal Its Harm

Article, Racial Justice

Dear White America

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

American Racism in the “White Frame”

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Article, Racial Justice

White Fragility

Book, Racial Justice

On Being Podcast: Let’s Talk About Whiteness

Podcast, Racial Justice

On Being Podcast: Opening the Question of Race to the Question of Belonging

Podcast, Racial Justice

The Code Switch Podcast Episode 1: Can We Talk About Whiteness?

Podcast, Racial Justice

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race

Racial Justice, Short Video

The Socialization and Comfortableness of Microaggressions

Racial Justice, Short Video

White vs. Whiteness

Racial Justice, Short Video

Put Out Internalized Racism: Why Solidarity Between People of Color Matters

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

11 Easy Mistakes to Make When Thinking About Racial Inequality in the U.S.

Article, Racial Justice

If You Love Me, Do Your Homework

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

Racial Justice and the Catholic Church

Book, Racial Justice

Rural America’s Silent Housing Crisis

Access to Housing, Article

Fact Sheet: Introduction to Medicaid

Access to Healthcare, Fact Sheet/Report

Gerrymandering: Crash Course Government and Politics #37

Access to Democracy, Short Video

A Recipe for Health Equity in the 21st Century

Access to Healthcare, Racial Justice, Short Video

The New Jim Crow

Book, Racial Justice

It’s Time We Stop Ignoring Afro-Latino Health Disparities In The U.S.

Access to Healthcare, Article, Racial Justice

Racial and Ethnic Health Inequities among Communities of Color Compared to Non-Hispanic Whites

Access to Healthcare, Fact Sheet/Report, Racial Justice

Doctors Don’t Always Believe You When You’re a Black Woman

Access to Healthcare, Article, Racial Justice

America Divided–A House Divided

Access to Housing, Documentary

Shifting Public Views on Legal Immigration Into the U.S.

Access to Citizenship, Fact Sheet/Report, Racial Justice

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present

Book, Racial Justice

Why “I’m Not Racist” is Only Half the Story

Racial Justice, Short Video

Fighting the Subconscious Biases that Lead to Health Care Disparities

Access to Healthcare, Article, Racial Justice

Fifty Years On, the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act Continues to Reshape the United States

Access to Citizenship, Fact Sheet/Report, Racial Justice

How the Earned Income Tax Credit Works

Article, Tax Justice

Dakota 38

Documentary, Racial Justice

For The Sake Of Our People, America Needs More Black Doctors

Access to Healthcare, Blog Entry, Racial Justice

Calling In: A Quick Guide on When and How

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

What Can You Do About Racism? Call It Out for a Start

Article, Racial Justice

Key Facts about the Uninsured Population

Access to Healthcare, Fact Sheet/Report, Racial Justice

Born on Third Base by Chuck Collins

Book, General Resources

Documentary-Sold Out: Affordable Housing at Risk

Access to Housing, Documentary

Advocates’ Guide 2019

Access to Housing, Fact Sheet/Report, General Resources

HUD Launches National Housing Trust Fund

Access to Housing, Article

Paid Family Leave Changed My Life

Article, Family-Friendly Workplaces

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.’s Solution to Poverty

Article, Tax Justice

History of U.S. Immigration Infographic

Access to Citizenship, Racial Justice, Website

America’s Forgotten History of Illegal Deportations

Access to Citizenship, Article, Racial Justice

Understanding My Privilege

Racial Justice, Short Video

Is There A Difference Between “Calling In” And “Calling Out”?

Racial Justice, Website

I Don’t Feel Your Pain: A Failure of Empathy Perpetuates Racial Disparities

Access to Healthcare, Article, Racial Justice

America’s Health Segregation Problem

Access to Healthcare, Article, Racial Justice

How Racism, Segregation Drive Health Disparities

Access to Healthcare, Article, Racial Justice

Black Women Die from Pregnancy and Childbirth Complications At Alarming Rates

Access to Healthcare, Racial Justice, Short Video

America’s Forgotten History of Mexican-American ‘Repatriation’

Access to Citizenship, Podcast, Racial Justice

Dig It If You Can

Documentary, Racial Justice

White Savior: The Movie Trailer

Racial Justice, Short Video

Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis

Access to Healthcare, Article, Racial Justice

Nine Phrases Allies Can Say When Called Out Instead of Getting Defensive

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

Calling Out Racists Is Actually Good for Your Health, According to Science. Here’s How to Do It

Article, Racial Justice

What Happens When I Try To Talk Race with White People

Racial Justice, Short Video

Podcast: On Being–Is America Possible?

General Resources, Podcast

Six Charts Showing Race Gaps Within the American Middle Class

Fact Sheet/Report, Racial Justice

Trouble I’ve Seen by Drew G.I. Hart

Book, General Resources

The Heart of Justice: Care Ethics and Political Theory by Daniel Engster

Book, General Resources

Social Stratification and Inequality: Class Conflict in Historical, Comparative, and Global Perspective by Harold R. Kerbo

Book, General Resources

The disturbing reason some African American patients may be undertreated for pain

Access to Healthcare, Article, Racial Justice

How Racism Makes Us Sick

Access to Healthcare, Racial Justice, Short Video

Subprime Crisis–Fact Sheet

Access to Housing, Fact Sheet/Report

Black Liberation Theology, in its Founder’s Words

Podcast, Racial Justice

Visual Aid: Comic about economic privilege

Article, General Resources

Fact Sheet: What is the Human Right to Housing?

Access to Housing, Fact Sheet/Report

Guide: Everything You Need to Know about the Affordable Housing Debate

Access to Housing, Article

What Pope Francis has to say about the right to housing

Access to Housing, Article

Webinars from the National Immigration Law Center

Access to Citizenship, Webinar

Primers from the National Immigration Forum

Access to Citizenship, Article

13 Beautiful Immigration Stories That’ll Remind You What Makes America Great

Access to Citizenship, Article

Why Don’t They Just Get in Line?

Access to Citizenship, Fact Sheet/Report

Who is Eligible to become Naturalized Citizen?

Access to Citizenship, Fact Sheet/Report

Know Your Rights with ICE

Access to Citizenship, Fact Sheet/Report

Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario

Access to Citizenship, Book

The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea

Access to Citizenship, Book

Half the World: Refugees Transform the City of Trees by Todd Shallat

Access to Citizenship, Book

America Divided-Out of Reach

Access to Citizenship, Documentary

Why I’ve stopped saying ‘We are a nation of immigrants’

Access to Citizenship, Blog Entry, Racial Justice

NETWORK’s Ten Commandments on Healthcare

Access to Healthcare, Article

Interview: What Would Universal Healthcare Look Like in the U.S.?

Access to Healthcare, Article

Documentary: The Waiting Room

Access to Healthcare, Documentary

U.S. Healthcare from a Global Perspective

Access to Healthcare, Article

Did Obamacare Help or Hurt You?

Access to Healthcare, Article

What if our Healthcare System kept us Healthy?

Access to Healthcare, Short Video

Sick by Jonathan Cohn

Access to Healthcare, Book

Pope Francis: in Healthcare, We are Responsible to the Most Vulnerable

Access to Healthcare, Article

Affordable Health Care and the Affordable Care Act

Access to Healthcare, Article

Are Election Laws Designed to Suppress Voting?

Access to Democracy, Podcast

Block the Vote: A Journalist Discusses Voting Rights and Restrictions

Access to Democracy, Podcast

Voices of Democracy

Access to Democracy, Website

What is Gerrymandering?

Access to Democracy, Short Video

Watch This 10-Minute Film to Understand the Attack on Voting Rights

Access to Democracy, Short Video

Voting Rights

Access to Democracy, Documentary

What is Democracy?

Access to Democracy, Fact Sheet/Report

The Voting Rights Act of 1965

Access to Democracy, Fact Sheet/Report

Give us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America by Ari Berman

Access to Democracy, Book

The Misleading Myth of Voter Fraud in American Elections

Access to Democracy, Article

Familyvaluesatwork.org

Family-Friendly Workplaces, Website

The Future of Family Friendly Working

Family-Friendly Workplaces, Podcast

Family-Friendly Workplaces are good for Business

Blog Entry, Family-Friendly Workplaces

Why Americans Don’t Take Sick Days

Article, Family-Friendly Workplaces

Work-Life’s Missing Ingredient—Clear Definitions and Good Implementation

Article, Family-Friendly Workplaces

Are Family-Friendly Workplace Practices Worth Their Money? New Evidence

Article, Family-Friendly Workplaces

Among 41 nations, U.S. is the outlier when it comes to paid parental leave

Article, Family-Friendly Workplaces

Raise the Wage Act

Fact Sheet/Report, Living Wages

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Major Minimum Wage Increase

Fact Sheet/Report, Living Wages

Inequality for All (trailer)

Documentary, Living Wages

$2.00 a Day by Kathryn Edin

Book, Living Wages

One of the most popular arguments against raising the minimum wage is getting demolished

Article, Living Wages

How Economic Inequality Harms Societies

Short Video, Tax Justice

Play the Tax Game! Set the Federal, State, and Local Taxes

Interactive Game, Tax Justice

What is the Earned Income Tax Credit?

Fact Sheet/Report, Tax Justice

Seeing Where the Money Went: A Taxpayer Receipt

Article, Tax Justice

Count Your Gains, don’t Tally Your Losses this Tax Day

Article, Tax Justice

How a Shifting Definition of ‘White’ Helped Shape U.S. Immigration Policy

Access to Citizenship, Article, Racial Justice

Asking New Questions

Blog Entry, Racial Justice

Raising the Minimum Wage is a Moral Issue that Needs Balance

Article, Living Wages

Top 10 Arguments for Raising the Minimum Wage

Article, Living Wages

Blood from a Stone Comic

Article, Tax Justice

Which States are Givers and Takers

Article, Tax Justice