Reports
Activest Fiscal Justice research and reporting
July 31, 2022
New Jersey Fiscal Justice Credit Analysis
BY Activest | Reports
How is the State of New Jersey and its municipalities allocating resources to its services and citizens? How are these governance decisions being factored into credit risk? This Fiscal Justice Analysis is the intersection of a racial justice and fiscal...
August 16, 2022
Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Line of Fire: How Minnesota Cities Are Displacing People of Color and How the Suburbs Are Killing Them
BY Activest | Reports
In this report: Data overview on Brooklyn Center’s fiscal justice issues (which we define as issues at the intersection of fiscal health and racial justice) The Activest theory of change and organizing tactics & strategies for leveraging municipal bondholders in...
July 31, 2022
Newark, New Jersey Fiscal Justice Analysis
BY Activest | Reports
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 state’s public finance architecture...
April 12, 2022
Fiscal Justice Analysis in Louisville, KY Finds Hidden $90M in Potential Losses and Costs
BY Activest | Reports
Activest's Fiscal Justice Analysis found that Louisville Metro Government wasted over $90 million through added expenditures and foregone revenues in activities that had a disproportionate negative impact on Black & brown communities.
March 15, 2022
Wharton study quantifies impact of Fiscal Justice indicators
Since 2015, Activest has been a leading voice in acknowledging the materiality of Fiscal Justice™ in municipal finance. Fiscal justice is Activest’s multilayered, critical analysis of the equity of municipal budgets—measured at the intersection of fiscal health and racial justice....
May 10, 2021
Flint Water Settlement Bonds: A Fiscal Justice Analysis Brief
BY Activest | Reports
Introduction Seven years after the Flint water crisis, the state of Michigan recently announced plans to payout $600 million to the residents of Flint to settle lawsuits filed against the State. Yet before the bond goes to market, there are...
April 27, 2021
Social Justice Bonds & Equitable Infrastructure Report
BY Activest | Reports
Public works and infrastructure development, while designed to enhance the viability and quality of life for cities, have historically fueled inequities, benefiting some residents while neglecting or actively harming low-income and BIPOC communities. Social Justice Bonds provide a concrete pathway...