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In many cities, maps of mortgage approvals and home values in black neighborhoods look as they did before the law was passed.

In 1968, the Fair Housing Act made it illegal to discriminate in housing. So why are neighborhoods still so segregated?

Trump says Amazon is scamming the USPS. But its low shipping rates were a game changer for rural America.

Dale Carnegie treated the employee-employer relationship as a sacred, symbiotic bond.

How a backer of the American Revolution unwittingly shaped the way we count money.

The 2018 West Virginia teachers’ strike in historical perspective.

A history of modernity as a history of factories struggles to see beyond their walls.

How Democrats like Zell Miller and Bill Clinton exacerbated inequality in education

It’s a history lesson worth remembering: The exploitation of immigrant workers only encourages more—and worse—abuse.

The notorious union-busting agency has resurfaced in a telecommunications labor dispute, showing how it's adapted to the 21st century.

A review of "The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap."

Gil Scott-Heron's searing 1970 commentary on the nation's economic priorities.

During the Depression, business leaders knew that public works funding was key to economic growth. Why have we forgotten that lesson?

The GOP was once the party of protectionism, while the Democrats led the way on free trade.

Unfortunately, there’s not an unlimited amount of daylight that we can squeeze out of our clocks.

These women came ready to fight.

How much monopoly is too much monopoly?

From William McKinley to Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump has plenty of precedent if he's looking for it.

"Masterless Men" shows how the antebellum political economy made poor southern whites into a volatile, and potentially disruptive, class.

The fourth president tried all kinds of sanctions to open markets, but still ended up in the War of 1812.

An 18th-century creole slaveholder invented the idea of 'racial prejudice’ to defend diversity among a slaveowning elite.

Three past conflicts tell a very different story.

In 1932, Hellen Keller offered some advice for the “perplexed businessman.”

African Americans are better off in many ways, but are still disadvantaged by racial inequality.

In the 1970s, women and people of color streamed into unions, strikes swept the nation, and employers launched a fierce counterattack.

Jeff Bezos is stealing from a 19th-century playbook.

The financial world is a theatrical production, abundantly lubricated by that magical elixir of illusionists: confidence.

Reveal’s analysis of mortgage data found evidence of modern-day redlining in 61 metro areas across the country.

White farmers, threatened by Japanese-Americans' success, played a critical role in the creation of internment camps.

American unions have struggled to make substantial gains since the ’70s, but not for the reasons historians think.