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‘Sundown towns’: Midwest confronts its complicated racial legacy
March 31, 2017By Jack Shuler March 27, 2017 Utica, Ohio—On Election Day, when Chris Cooper walked into his usual precinct to vote, a greeter asked him, “Do you live in this town?” The question was perhaps innocent. After all, there aren’t many people...
From the Archives: Remembering Cesar Chavez
March 31, 2017By Scott Harrison (Los Angeles Times) March 31 is Cesar Chavez's birthday and a holiday in California, Colorado and Texas. When Chavez died on April 23, 1993, staff writer George Ramos wrote The Times obituary published the next morning. He...
The hidden costs of segregation
March 29, 2017By Emanuella Grinberg, CNN (CNN) - It's pretty well established that racial segregation limits access to jobs, education, public services and other resources for people in high-poverty neighborhoods. But how does economic and racial segregation in...
Exclusive: Lead poisoning afflicts neighborhoods across California
March 24, 2017By Joshua Schneyer and M.B. Pell (Read...
Immigration fears among Latinos can impact baby size at birth
March 23, 2017The U-M School of Public Health and Institute of Social Research team found that after the federal immigration raid in Postville, Iowa, in 2008, Latino babies born in the 37 weeks after the event had a 24 percent greater risk of lower birth weight...
Boston Offers Critical Lending to Minority-Owned Small Businesses
March 14, 2017By Oscar Perry Abello Eight dollars. That’s the median net worth for native-born black households in the Boston metropolitan area. Median net worth for white households in Boston is $247,500. The racial wealth gap is at the root of many...
Laziness isn’t why people are poor. And iPhones aren’t why they lack health care.
March 9, 2017By Stephen Pimpare In response to a question about his party’s plan to increase the cost of health insurance, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) suggested that people should “invest in their own health care” instead of “getting that new...
Black Urban Farmer Talks Planting in DC Food Desert
March 8, 2017by Christen Hill If you want to try your hand at growing your own food, there are multiple organizations in D.C. that encourage it. Xavier Brown is a native Washingtonian and DC Urban Farmer who runs Soilful City, a community gardening organization...
Minorities, Latino immigrants face the greatest risk of workplace injuries
March 2, 2017By Emily Gersema Latino immigrants and African-American men work in jobs with the highest risk of injury, according to a new study of workplace injuries and disability. “We found that their risk was higher even when we accounted for education...
The Green Movement Is Talking About Racism? It’s About Time
March 1, 2017By: Brentin Mock The same people and organizations we admire for protecting our wild places also have a history of being apathetic—or plain antagonistic—toward issues of race and social justice Facing a new White House administration led by...