Brookings' Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative partnered with four community organizations over two years to let Black boys and men define well-being for themselves, then mapped how public policy can promote it. Asset-framed and community-led, it examines economic mobility, optimism, and community conditions like safe parks, healthy food access, and nearby health care.

The definitive recent report on men's health, with hard findings on Black men. Black men in the U.S. live an average of 69.1 years, compared with 75.1 for white men, and are nearly twice as likely to die from prostate cancer as white men, the highest death rate of any group. It also examines suicide and loneliness as drivers.

Dedicated Black voter research from the 2024 cycle, part of the NAACP's multi-million-dollar civic engagement program targeting 14.5 million voters across 12 priority states where the Black community holds significant electoral power. It tracks candidate support, issue priorities, and turnout intent wave by wave, with dedicated findings on Black men.

Produced by HIT Strategies in partnership with Third Way, this research draws on in-depth focus groups with young Black, Latino, and non-college white men across presidential battleground states. It explores why support among young men has sharply declined, surfacing economic strain, cultural alienation, and a search for authentic leadership, and offers insights for rebuilding trust with this pivotal electorate.

The definitive recent report on men's health, with hard findings on Black men. Black men in the U.S. live an average of 69.1 years, compared with 75.1 for white men, and are nearly twice as likely to die from prostate cancer as white men, the highest death rate of any group. It also examines suicide and loneliness as drivers.

A state-level analysis, so Ohio numbers can be pulled directly. Life expectancy for Black men ranges from 61.3 years in West Virginia to 76 in Rhode Island, and the report ties that variation to longstanding inequities and structural racism. This gives the Ohio-specific hook the national reports cannot.