Previous research has linked racial residential segregation to a number of poor health outcomes. Yet, the mechanisms that could account for this association remain poorly understood and have seldom ...

We examine the impact of the expansion of charter schools on racial segregation in public schools, defined using multiple measures of racial sorting and isolation. Our research design utilizes between ...

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.

Massachusetts has an extensive history of using racial covenants and exclusionary zoning policies to keep people of color out of certain communities, according to a new report released Wednesday that ...

Black History Month in the United States is a time to focus on and celebrate the history of Black Americans. However, as we approach the 70 th anniversary in May of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision ...

School segregation based on race and ethnicity is alive and well in the Commonwealth. Where’s the urgency to address it? There seems to be a lot to celebrate this year in the name of racial justice in ...

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In 2020, we had a robust conversation, nationally and locally, around racial justice issues. Many of us in the real estate profession learned for the first time how private industry partnered with the ...

America has long been subject to the restriction of people to specific spaces based on their race, a phenomenon also known as racial segregation. The nation holds a long history of witnessing African ...