A woman walks past newly renovated housing units in the Colonial Village public housing complex in Norwalk. Credit: Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public Housing segregation, both racial and economic, ...

He notched a victory in a Supreme Court decision against the City of Chicago in 1976. He then spent over 40 years making sure the ruling was enforced. By Clay Risen Alex Polikoff, who won a landmark ...

In addition to being the most segregated big city in America, Chicago may also be the worst big city for Black economic ...

This week, we're celebrating NPR's 50th anniversary, kicking off a series we're calling We Hold These Truths to examine what's working and what's not in American democracy. And one of the ...

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Tornadoes are more likely to destroy property in counties with more Black residents than any other area, which exacerbates racial segregation and poverty, according to a recent journal article.

Elected officials and city staff in Dallas colluded over a decade to break federal housing and civil rights laws and promote and worsen racial segregation across the city, the U.S. Department of ...

It’s difficult for many people to buy a home in Milwaukee, even if they have a stable job. Some of those challenges can be traced back to the discriminatory practice of redlining. Milwaukee ...

A report from Zillow that claims Chicago's private listing network of for-sale homes helps perpetuate segregation is being rejected firmly by the head of the real estate organization that hosts the ...