Fiscal Justice for HBCUs

Fiscal Justice for HBCUs

Featured image of the Emancipation Oak at Hampton University by Jerry Gammon. The Story in Brief This post draws from Activest’s report Fiscal Justice Investment and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), published in November of 2026. An...
Manifesto 2025

Manifesto 2025

We’re Meeting the Moment An End-of-Year Note from Micah, Napoleon, and the Activest Team Our cities are caught between impossible pressures. Federal funding is collapsing—Medicaid cuts loom in 2026, renewable energy credits are expiring and $27B in funding for...

A Statewide Fiscal Justice View of New Jersey

In 2022, Activest began the work of building relationships and a research agenda in New Jersey. This effort was commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with the exploratory goal of learning together what fiscal justice means and what the idea offers...
Newark, New Jersey Fiscal Justice Analysis

Newark, New Jersey Fiscal Justice Analysis

  Introduction   This report outlines the fiscal justice analysis—which is our intersectional approach to fiscal health and racial justice —for Newark, New Jersey. New Jersey’s state and local government credit ratings serve as a core component of the...