In the halls of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, the statue of a Black teenager who fought against segregation replaced a ...

There is a disconnect between how we think about racial segregation and how we measure it. When people think about segregation, they typically think about the people that live next door to them, in ...

Today marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that marked the beginning of the end of school segregation. On May 17, 1954, the nine justices ...

Residential segregation between blacks and whites persists today, even though Congress outlawed overt housing discrimination a half century ago. The most segregated metropolitan areas, though, are not ...

President Trump removed an explicit ban on segregation for federal contractors in a memo issued last month. The move is part ...

Segregation by Design, which takes the form of a blog-style website, various social media pages, and a forthcoming book helps long-time residents and the urban-curious alike visualize the legacy of ...

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A black woman is directed away from the 'white waiting room' at Jackson, Mississippi, 25th May 1961. She has arrived on the 'Freedom Bus' to protest against the racial segregation of passengers on the ...

Eliminating racial segregation can be a little like playing whack-a-mole: Instead of going away, too often it just finds a new outlet. A massive new study of North Carolina classrooms over nearly 20 ...

New Yorkers want a more just, respectful health care system—and they have concrete ideas for how to get there, according to a ...