My 2017 book, The Color of Law, showed that “de facto,” accidental, neighborhood segregation is a myth; in truth, government purposely enforced it, creating racial inequality in wealth, education, employment, health, and criminal justice. Readers asked,...
After months of hand-wringing and finger-pointing, Democrats are still learning how to navigate a political landscape dominated by Donald Trump’s Republican Party. With Democrats locked out of power in Washington, the burden has shifted...
Estimates predict the recently passed reconciliation bill will cut Medicaid coverage for about 10.5 million people by 2034 (PDF) and lower Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for all families. On their own, these...
Rent controls can help to make housing more affordable in cities like New York. But they must be part of a broader solution to the housing crisis that involves increasing density and building more...
Report finds that wealth divide widened in Silicon Valley at double the rate of the whole US over the past decade Economic inequality has reached a staggering milestone in Silicon Valley: just nine households...
After spending months firing federal workers, slashing public services, gutting healthcare, and raising taxes for everyone but the rich, our country just wasted hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on a detention center in...
US president makes announcement amid growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin. United States President Donald Trump has said he will send Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine as his administration signals growing disillusionment...
These children attend after-school and summer programming at a Boys & Girls Club, YMCA or public school for free thanks to funding set Congress set aside for academic support, enrichment and child care to...
Health Department says immigrants will lose access to 13 more federal programmes, including an educational project for low-income children. United States officials are cutting down further on undocumented immigrants’ access to healthcare programmes and...
The layoffs are part of an agency reorganization that has been in the works for months. U.S. diplomats in Washington are bracing for cuts to the State Department workforce, with dismissal notices expected to...