Michael Tubbs pushed an ambitious agenda for Stockton, California. Four years later, a blog campaign against him fanned criticism of his national profile.

At age 14, Derrick Hardaway took part in a murder. The media used the crime to build the myth of the superpredator.

During the day, these immigrant teenagers attend high school. At night, they work in factories to pay debts to smugglers and send money to family.

Republican politicians of the 1960s exploited white voters’ fears and prejudices – and Trump is stoking the fire for November

Activists and preservationists are changing the kinds of places that are protected—and what it means to preserve them.

A former abolitionists’ home in Brooklyn with ties to the Underground Railroad may have a chance at landmark status after a 16-year battle.

Facial recognition has no place in Detroit, a city that boasts the highest percentage of Black residents in the US.

Events at The Inquirer and The New York Times raise questions both about racial hierarchy and the commitment to open discourse.

There’s a long history of medicine and government choosing “who shall live” in the name of science and economics.

"Just like we cannot afford to forget the names of those victims, we also must not erase their disabilities."

Banks didn’t create systemic racism by themselves…but banks have played an important role in creating and sustaining systemic racism.

“You’ve probably heard the term ‘food desert,’” Simon says. “We use the term ‘food swamp.’

Cities were being re-envisioned not for their cultural or civic possibilities, but for precarious places in the corporate imaginary.

From Pete Souza to Mark Peterson, photographers across the U.S. took us inside their communities to capture a moment frozen in time.

In his new book, cultural geographer Don Mitchell looks at the role capitalism plays in creating, perpetuating and criminalizing homelessness in U.S. cities.

A community of renters have become part of the city’s long and rich history of turning black and brown tenants into collective owners.

A Curated Visual Journey through History

When white America catches a cold, Black America catches pneumonia.

In the history of fairness and equality in the United States, there’s no denying that women of color have often come up short.

American landlords derive more profit from renters in low-income neighborhoods, researchers Matthew Desmond and Nathan Wilmers find.