Andre M. Perry
@andreperryedu.bsky.social
Researcher and writer who strives to uplift communities.
Hey Michiganders! Check out this Axios coverage of a recent quality of life report authored by my colleague Hannah Stephens and me. #Detroit #Michigan
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Policy paths to what Black Michigan communities need
A new Brookings report delves into affordable homeownership, block clubs and more.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Hey Michiganders! Check out this Axios coverage of a recent quality of life report authored by my colleague Hannah Stephens and me. #Detroit #Michigan
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There's been a lot of activity around philanthropy toward HBCUs last week. #MacKenzieScott awarded $50 million to Norfolk State. Prairie View received $63 million. These gifts matter, but how is the federal budget supporting this giving?: youtube.com/shorts/BdLF-... #HBCU @velshi.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
There's been a lot of activity around philanthropy toward HBCUs last week. #MacKenzieScott awarded $50 million to Norfolk State. Prairie View received $63 million. These gifts matter, but how is the federal budget supporting this giving?: youtube.com/shorts/BdLF-... #HBCU @velshi.com
I’ve learned a lot about federal and state takeovers from my time in New Orleans and Washington D.C. In my latest, I share my thoughts in the Times Picayune (NOLA.com) on how we can address acute and longterm problems to uplift cities. Please share your reactions. www.nola.com/opinions/gue...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’ve learned a lot about federal and state takeovers from my time in New Orleans and Washington D.C. In my latest, I share my thoughts in the Times Picayune (NOLA.com) on how we can address acute and longterm problems to uplift cities. Please share your reactions. www.nola.com/opinions/gue...
Learn more here: www.brookings.edu/articles/the... #HBCU #HBCUs #HBCUAdvocacy #HBCUPersistence #HBCULegacy #HBCUFunding #HBCUBuildingFutures #HBCUEducationEquity #HBCUStudentsFirst #HBCUEndowments
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This Wednesday @brookings.edu! Building inclusive economies : How Community Finance Fuels Black Business Expansion www.brookings.edu/events/build... #CDFI #Banking
Building inclusive economies | Brookings
Brookings will host an event to discuss the potential of community-based financial institutions in expanding Black business ownership
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November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This Wednesday @brookings.edu! Building inclusive economies : How Community Finance Fuels Black Business Expansion www.brookings.edu/events/build... #CDFI #Banking
Citizenship is shallow when we don't recognize the members of our community who are committed to our country as citizens or future citizens. Please read my latest: wordinblack.com/2025/11/immi... #ImmigrationReform #ImmigrationPolicy #ImmigrationMatters #ImmigrantRights
Immigrants Are Vital Community Members. Let's Start Acting Like It
Dr. Andre M. Perry says America can’t keep depending on immigrants while denying them the right to belong.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Citizenship is shallow when we don't recognize the members of our community who are committed to our country as citizens or future citizens. Please read my latest: wordinblack.com/2025/11/immi... #ImmigrationReform #ImmigrationPolicy #ImmigrationMatters #ImmigrantRights
Housing affordability isn’t just an issue in NYC and the coasts. About half of all Americans put more than 30% of their income toward housing. @velshi.com and I had a great discussion today on MSNBC. Take a look.
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#HousingAffordability
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Explaining America’s housing affordability crisis
New York City’s mayoral race was dominated by one issue, the lack of affordable housing in America’s most expensive city. Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Andre Perry says, “The supply is not meeti...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Housing affordability isn’t just an issue in NYC and the coasts. About half of all Americans put more than 30% of their income toward housing. @velshi.com and I had a great discussion today on MSNBC. Take a look.
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#HousingAffordability
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#HousingAffordability
Join us in person or online..Building inclusive economies: How Community Finance Fuels Black Business Expansion. Bill Bynum, Founding CEO - HOPE Credit Union and Brian E. Argrett
Director and CEO - City First will be n the house. Bankhttps://www.brookings.edu/events/building-inclusive-economies/?b=1
Director and CEO - City First will be n the house. Bankhttps://www.brookings.edu/events/building-inclusive-economies/?b=1
Building inclusive economies | Brookings
Brookings will host an event to discuss the potential of community-based financial institutions in expanding Black business ownership
www.brookings.edu
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Join us in person or online..Building inclusive economies: How Community Finance Fuels Black Business Expansion. Bill Bynum, Founding CEO - HOPE Credit Union and Brian E. Argrett
Director and CEO - City First will be n the house. Bankhttps://www.brookings.edu/events/building-inclusive-economies/?b=1
Director and CEO - City First will be n the house. Bankhttps://www.brookings.edu/events/building-inclusive-economies/?b=1
What will improve quality of life in Michigan’s Black-majority cities? Hannah Stephens and I spoke with more than 150 Black Michigander community members and local leaders. Here’s what they say their communities need--> www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
What Black Michiganders say their communities need—and policy recommendations to achieve it | Brookings
This report integrates past findings with new insights from residents who live in Black-majority communities across the state.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What will improve quality of life in Michigan’s Black-majority cities? Hannah Stephens and I spoke with more than 150 Black Michigander community members and local leaders. Here’s what they say their communities need--> www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
Recent EOs to help HBCUs are obscuring a more sobering reality: The Trump admin’s
broader economic agenda threatens to drastically reduce the financial capacity of Black
students to attend college:
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broader economic agenda threatens to drastically reduce the financial capacity of Black
students to attend college:
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education-arent-impacting-hbcus-yet/
The Trump administration’s actions on higher education aren’t impacting HBCUs—yet | Brookings
While the One Big Beautiful Bill Act does not directly threaten HBCU funding or institutional powers, its drastic budget cuts will directly alter the economic realities of the students HBCUs aim to se...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Recent EOs to help HBCUs are obscuring a more sobering reality: The Trump admin’s
broader economic agenda threatens to drastically reduce the financial capacity of Black
students to attend college:
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
education-arent-impacting-hbcus-yet/
broader economic agenda threatens to drastically reduce the financial capacity of Black
students to attend college:
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
education-arent-impacting-hbcus-yet/
Reposted by Andre M. Perry
“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.”
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
September 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Kirk & I were on different sides of most political arguments. We were on the same side of the continued possibility of American politics.”
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
So it’s personal? B/c if you were a Black woman or transgender, Kirk would not imagine you having any role in the future of American politics.
Reposted by Andre M. Perry
Hi @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, we're friendly, we've been on each other's shows. We both agree Kirk's murder is horrific. Q: was Kirk "practicing politics in exactly the right way" when he called for me to be deported because he didn't like my Covid views on MSNBC?
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September 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hi @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, we're friendly, we've been on each other's shows. We both agree Kirk's murder is horrific. Q: was Kirk "practicing politics in exactly the right way" when he called for me to be deported because he didn't like my Covid views on MSNBC?
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Perry said. “It is a political tactic more so than anything else, to garner favor with their broader base and to peel off Black voters who are simply frustrated with the rate of change or the solutions or lack thereof from Democrats.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How D.C. crime became a symbol — and a target — for MAGA and beyond
Monday’s 80-minute news conference represented a culmination of Trump’s campaign against D.C. crime, and of his supporters’ embrace of his efforts to do something about it.
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August 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Perry said. “It is a political tactic more so than anything else, to garner favor with their broader base and to peel off Black voters who are simply frustrated with the rate of change or the solutions or lack thereof from Democrats.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How has New Orleans recovered and adapted in the two decades since Hurricane Katrina? In a new @brookings.edu and The Data Center research series, authors dive into how the metro area is building greater resilience. Read more--> www.brookings.edu/collection/n...
New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina | Brookings
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July 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
How has New Orleans recovered and adapted in the two decades since Hurricane Katrina? In a new @brookings.edu and The Data Center research series, authors dive into how the metro area is building greater resilience. Read more--> www.brookings.edu/collection/n...
Had an inspiring conversation with Cary Junior of WDET 101.9 FM #Detroit about my new book, Black Power Scorecard. WDET's description really captures the spirit of our talk — exploring how we measure progress and what we can do to close the racial gap. shows.audiocdn.com/s/wdet/the-m...
New book explores the true meaning of 'Black Power' - The Metro
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<p>"Black Power" is widely known as a political slogan — a rallying cry to mobilize Black Americans to attain social, political and economic power and fuel a sense o...
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July 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Had an inspiring conversation with Cary Junior of WDET 101.9 FM #Detroit about my new book, Black Power Scorecard. WDET's description really captures the spirit of our talk — exploring how we measure progress and what we can do to close the racial gap. shows.audiocdn.com/s/wdet/the-m...
After assessing strengths and barriers, and in light of recent challenges to lending practices that target Black-owned businesses, this report recommends policy changes that would help sustain the growth in Black-owned businesses in a more turbulent policy context.
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Reaping the unrealized gains of Black businesses | Brookings
This report assesses barriers for Black entrepreneurs and business owners at three crucial stages of business development
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June 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
After assessing strengths and barriers, and in light of recent challenges to lending practices that target Black-owned businesses, this report recommends policy changes that would help sustain the growth in Black-owned businesses in a more turbulent policy context.
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Happy Juneteenth! Fresh out the oven, here is my interview with Charter on the Time Magazine platform. We discuss my new book and “What building Black power could mean for workplaces.” Dig in. time.com/charter/7295...
What Building Black Power Could Mean for Workplaces
Insights from Andre M. Perry, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the recent book, Black Power Scorecard: Measuring the Racial Gap and What We Can Do to Close it.
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June 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Happy Juneteenth! Fresh out the oven, here is my interview with Charter on the Time Magazine platform. We discuss my new book and “What building Black power could mean for workplaces.” Dig in. time.com/charter/7295...
Nina Kuscsik, Marathoner Who Broke Gender Barriers, Dies at 86 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
Nina Kuscsik, Marathoner Who Broke Gender Barriers, Dies at 86
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June 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Nina Kuscsik, Marathoner Who Broke Gender Barriers, Dies at 86 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
Homecoming are always special. Can wait to present my book to friends and family in #NewOrleans, Tuesday, June 10 at 6 PM CST. Folks who know about the Perry parities, know that is will be more a celebration of us. www.eventbrite.com/e/andre-perr...
Andre Perry Author Talk and Book Signing
Come meet Andre Perry, hear him talk about his latest book, and get your copy signed along with a meet & greet!
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June 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Homecoming are always special. Can wait to present my book to friends and family in #NewOrleans, Tuesday, June 10 at 6 PM CST. Folks who know about the Perry parities, know that is will be more a celebration of us. www.eventbrite.com/e/andre-perr...
New Research Tool! If the share of Black business owners reaches parity with the overall Black population share, the U.S. will see the creation of 757,000 new businesses, and an additional $824 billion in revenue circulating in local economies: www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
What if Black businesses were equitably represented in every metro area in America?
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June 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New Research Tool! If the share of Black business owners reaches parity with the overall Black population share, the U.S. will see the creation of 757,000 new businesses, and an additional $824 billion in revenue circulating in local economies: www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
When “menstrual cycle training” is offered up as a policy solution, you know something is not right. www.contrabandcamp.com/p/why-trumps...
Why Trump’s Plan to Increase Marriages With Children Is Doomed to Fail
The proposal, rooted in the pronatalist movement, aims to improve marriage and birth outcomes without addressing underlying economic inequalities.
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June 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
When “menstrual cycle training” is offered up as a policy solution, you know something is not right. www.contrabandcamp.com/p/why-trumps...
In Trumponomics, Banning Foreign Students Hurts Trump’s Own Economic Success Metric: Trade Deficit url:https://www.cgdev.org/blog/trumponomics-banning-foreign-students-hurts-trumps-own-economic-success-metric-trade-deficit
June 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In Trumponomics, Banning Foreign Students Hurts Trump’s Own Economic Success Metric: Trade Deficit url:https://www.cgdev.org/blog/trumponomics-banning-foreign-students-hurts-trumps-own-economic-success-metric-trade-deficit
Minneapolis Metro Black business growth among nation’s fastest spokesman-recorder.com/2025/05/26/a... via @mnspokesman
Andre Perry Discusses Black Wealth and Power in Minneapolis Book Launch
At the Capri Theater, Dr. Andre Perry unveiled Black Power Scorecard and shared insights on Black wealth, equity, and thriving communities.
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May 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Minneapolis Metro Black business growth among nation’s fastest spokesman-recorder.com/2025/05/26/a... via @mnspokesman
Five years since George Floyd, the new Civil Rights Movement needs to play offense www.brookings.edu/articles/fiv...
Five years since George Floyd, the new Civil Rights Movement needs to play offense
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May 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Five years since George Floyd, the new Civil Rights Movement needs to play offense www.brookings.edu/articles/fiv...