Andre Perry

Senior Fellow:Brookings Metro

Andre Perry is a senior fellow at Brookings Metro. He is the author of “Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities.”

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US-HEALTH-VIRUS-LOUISIANA

US Civil Rights Tools Are Failing the Most Polluted Black Communities

An abandoned EPA probe in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” shows why the US needs human rights principles to combat gaping pollution disparities.

January 15, 2024

January 15, 2024

US Civil Rights Tools Are Failing the Most Polluted Black Communities

An abandoned EPA probe in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” shows why the US needs human rights principles to combat gaping pollution disparities.

US-HEALTH-VIRUS-LOUISIANA

September 8, 2023

September 8, 2023

How Cities Should Compensate Residents for Toxic Exposure

Houston is taking the first step toward reparations by relocating residents exposed to contamination. It should do more.

Oil Fields And Refineries Operate In Texas

April 21, 2022

April 21, 2022

OpinionAndre Perry and Tonantzin Carmona

Ford Needs to Take a Stand in Tennessee

The company’s Blue Oval City investment could transform a struggling, Black-majority rural town — if state officials don’t get in the way.

Ford Needs to Take a Stand in Tennessee

January 18, 2022

January 18, 2022

OpinionCarl Romer and Andre Perry

Stop Saying Student Debt Relief Is for the Rich

Canceling the debt would actually do a lot of good for the asset-poor, the disadvantaged and the broader economy.

Activist Demonstrate Against High Cost Of College Education In U.S.