In deeply unequal communities, phenomena like gentrification are forcing us to rethink principles of social change that we used to consider axiomatic. By Peter Marcuse [caption id="attachment_9548" align="alignright" width="400"] Amid...
A good, hard look at the statistics will tell you why African Americans have reason to fear an encounter with police. It’s never much of a surprise when I hear...
When President Obama arrives in New Orleans today, he will face a reckoning with his promises to help rebuild and restore the city. By Terrance Heath When President Obama visits...
Last week’s court decision combats longstanding racism and sexism embedded in U.S labor law. On Friday, a federal appeals court upheld a Department of Labor rule requiring homecare agencies to...
To move his campaign forward, Bernie Sanders should focus on environmental justice. Even though we are still months away from the Democratic primary, it can’t be denied that Bernie Sanders...
On Black Women's Pay Equity Day, experts weigh in on income inequality for African-American women. By Kimberly Freeman Brown and Marc Bayard This past Tuesday was Black Women's Pay Equity...
America's schools are not failing; America is failing its schools.
Racism is evolving into an insidious form of quiet economic subjugation. By Paul Buchheit [caption id="attachment_9199" align="alignright" width="300"] Credit: AllenBWest.com[/caption] In 1931 the New Republic reported on a lynching in...
The residents of Tchula, Mississippi live with deep poverty that stems from slavery and Jim Crow. By Scott Rodd [caption id="attachment_9145" align="alignright" width="300"] Credit: Scott Rodd, ThinkProgress[/caption] Andrew sat a...
