Race in American Public Policy

Women wait in line for an interview at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Coney Island Boom A Ring Job Fair in New York May 27, 2009. There will be 200 jobs available for anyone age 16 and older starting June 18 thru September 7 on the boardwalk in Coney Island. The U.S. housing bust and auto sector upheaval have left hundreds of thousands of workers looking for jobs in the same sectors, in the same places, and at the same time. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E55S0H4001

New evidence that losing your job is even more stressful for black Americans

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

A teacher reads with a student

Teachers in the US are even more segregated than students

Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

White supremacists gather under a statue of Robert E. Lee during a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The rise of the alt-right

Thomas J. Main, Bill Finan, and Fred Dews

Friday, August 10, 2018

Members of white nationalists march in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTS1BIBT

One year after the Charlottesville riots and still no new Kerner Commission

Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, August 9, 2018

A man walks past tributes written at the site where Heather Heyer was killed during the 2017 white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 1, 2018. Picture taken August 1, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC19E176BEC0

A year after Charlottesville: Once the monuments are gone, the hard work begins for cities

Rachel Barker and Alan Berube

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

People visit the makeshift memorial to car attack victim Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1D3A3DD0D0

In Charlottesville, proof of America’s utter failure to reckon with the brutal legacy of slavery

Camille Busette and Vanessa Williamson

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Latino leaders and immigration reform supporters gather at Farrand Field on the campus of the University of Colorado to launch "My Country, My Vote," a 12-month voter registration campaign to mobilize Colorado's Latino, immigrant and allied voters October 28, 2015. The rally was held ahead of a forum held by CNBC before the U.S. Republican presidential candidates debate in Boulder. REUTERS/Evan Semon - GF20000037144

Charlottesville, demographic change, and misplaced white anxiety

William H. Frey

Friday, August 3, 2018

Members of the Charlottesville community hold a vigil for Heather Heyer at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Charlottesville: One year later

Camille Busette, Vanessa Williamson, Andre M. Perry, Chris Meserole, and Fred Dews

Friday, August 3, 2018

Graduating students of the City College of New York laugh together during the College's commencement ceremony in the Harlem section of Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - D1BETHVBPRAA

Clusters of black STEM graduates offer a map for future investment

Thursday, August 2, 2018

People gather in the lobby of a new community empowerment center during a following a dedication ceremony for the building Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Ferguson, Mo. The $3-million Ferguson Community Empowerment Center was built on the property where a QuikTrip convenience store was burned during rioting after a white officer fatally shot Michael Brown nearly three years ago. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Why We Must Save Small Black Cities

CityLab October 24, 2017