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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Discriminatory housing, zoning, and other policy choices are driving the dramatic rise of racialized poverty and segregation across the United States, with the number of…
From any perspective other than the robust prosperity of the 1%, San Francisco is a city in crisis. In the past five years, reported evictions…
Federal data released Thursday shows that the infant mortality rate in the United States remains one of the worst in the developed world, at three…
There are roughly three million more U.S. children living in poverty today than during the outbreak of the Great Recession in 2008, and the so-called…
Donald Trump lit up the mainstream media spectacle by stating in his presidential candidacy announcement, "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best....…
On Monday, New York City took a dramatic step that highlights just how out of control rental housing costs have become in the Big Apple…
Many part-time workers were left behind by the economic recovery. Nearly half of the 26.5 million Americans (46%) who work part-time are desperate to work…
Persistent and troubling patterns of racial segregation in U.S. communities are constraining upward mobility for black and Hispanic families, according to new research from the…
The way our electoral process now stands, electronic voting machines guarantee a Republican victory in 2016. No matter what she does, Hillary Clinton - or…
Since the crackdown on seed libraries by some U.S. states last year, organizers (including Shareable) around the country have been working to protect seed sharing. In both Minnesota and Nebraska, bills…
The Canadian media has highlighted Prime Minister Harper’s one on one meeting with Ukraine’s president Poroshenko in Kiev (June 5, 2015). The official story which…
Our nation has a penchant for creating unnecessary complexity and obstacles for its people in areas such as the tax, health insurance and student debt…