TV & RADIO
Interviewed for “Mapping Racist Covenants: University of Arizona Professor Sheds Light on Outdated Housing Restrictions.” –by ashley bowerman of KOLD Tucson
2025
Racist covenants once dictated where minority families could live in Tucson.
While they are no longer legal or enforceable, these covenants are still on the books.
Research featured in “Tucson Neighborhood Gets Rid of Racist Housing Rules.”
–KGUN 9 Tucson
2024
In the almost 40 years she has lived in her home, Emily Ricketts, 89, who is African American, has cleaned her home hundreds times.
RADIO: ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA FEATURES RACIST COVENANTS RESEARCH
Podcast: Journal of the Southwest on Tucson’s Racist Housing Restrictions
undercounted populations
2020
Arizona 360
WHY OREGON WOMEN AREN'T HAVING MORE BABIES
2019
The birthrate in Oregon has fallen to its lowest point in 25 years.
radio interview
2016
XRAY in the Morning
PRINT PUBLICATIONS
Research featured in “Why Do Over 1 Million Americans Live in ‘Plumbing Poverty,’Lacking Running Water? Authored by Andrea Riquer. USA Today
2025
As housing becomes increasingly costly, over 1 million Americans live without running water, even in affluent cities, new research shows.
Research featured in “Map Shows US Cities Where Thousands Have No Running Water.” December. Authored by Hatty Willmoth. Newsweek
2024
New York City is the water poverty capital of the United States, according to a study citing census data, with 56,900 residents living without access to running water in 2021.
CENSUS 2020: FOR ALL TO COUNT, ALL MUST BE COUNTED
2019
In the 2010 Census, considered one of the most accurate censuses in recent American history, 2.1 percent of African-Americans were undercounted, representing roughly 850,000 individuals.
ONE IN NINE OREGONIANS LIVE WITH A NON-CITIZEN. HOW COULD THAT IMPACT THE 2020 CENSUS?
2019
In the 2010 Census, considered one of the most accurate censuses in recent American history, 2.1 percent of African-Americans were undercounted, representing roughly 850,000 individuals.
A spectator democracy
2017
Why do only 2 out of 10 people in the U.S. vote for mayor?