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Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during coronavirus briefing
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Cities and States Need Aid — But Also Oversight

Federal funding during and after the New Deal ended up hurting cities because of who spent it and how.
by Brent Cebul, Daniel Wortel-London via Made By History on May 4, 2020

COVID-19 and the Color Line

Due to racist policies, Black Americans are dying of COVID-19 at much higher rates than whites, and nowhere more so than in St. Louis.
by Colin Gordon, Walter Johnson, Jamala Rogers, Jason Q. Purnell via Boston Review on April 30, 2020
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Red Chicago

A visit with artists and public historians in Chicago who are working to keep the memory of the city's "Red Summer" alive.
via Future Of America's Past on March 12, 2020

White Americans' Hold on Wealth Is Old, Deep, and Nearly Unshakeable

White families quickly recuperated financial losses after the Civil War, then created a Jim Crow credit system.
by Brentin Mock via CityLab on September 3, 2019

American Wealth Is Broken

My family is a success story. We’re also evidence of the long odds African Americans face on the path to success.
by Maura Cheeks via The Atlantic on July 31, 2019
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Why The Racial Wealth Gap Persists, More Than 150 Years After Emancipation

When one system of economic oppression collapsed, new ones were created to fill the void.
by Calvin Schermerhorn via Made By History on June 19, 2019

Segregated by Design

The forgotten history of how our governments unconstitutionally segregated this country.
by Richard Rothstein, Mark Lopez via Silkworm Studio on April 5, 2019

Black Farmworkers in the Central Valley: Escaping Jim Crow for a Subtler Kind of Racism

"The difference between here and the South is just that — it's hidden."
by Alexandra Hall via KQED on February 22, 2019

How Real Estate Segregated America

Real-estate interests have long wielded an outsized influence over national housing policy—to the detriment of African Americans.
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor via Dissent on October 2, 2018
853 map of San Francisco by the U. S. Coast Survey

Demolishing the California Dream: How San Francisco Planned Its Own Housing Crisis

Today's housing crisis in San Francisco originates from zoning laws that segregated racial groups and income levels.
by Hunter Oatman-Stanford via Collectors Weekly on September 21, 2018

Greater Homeownership isn’t the Answer to Ending Wealth Inequality

Black Americans have just one-tenth of the wealth of white Americans, and the difference in home values is a big part of the problem.
by Eshe Nelson via Quartz on April 19, 2018

The Unfulfilled Promise of the Fair Housing Act

Fifty years after President Johnson signed it into law, the bill has failed to create an integrated society.
by Michelle Adams via The New Yorker on April 11, 2018

How to Build a Segregated City 

How can adjacent neighborhoods in the same city be so drastically unequal?
by Colette Shade via Splinter on January 19, 2018
Whites at a Trump campaign rally.

Does the White Working Class Really Vote Against Its Own Interests?

Trump has revived an age-old debate about why some people choose race over class—and how far they will go to protect the system.
by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on December 31, 2017

Who Segregated America?

For all of its strengths, Richard Rothstein’s new book does not account for the central role capitalism played in segregating America's cities.
by Destin Jenkins via Public Books on December 21, 2017
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Renewing Inequality

An interactive set of maps documenting the more than 300,000 families displaced by urban renewal projects between 1955 and 1966.
by Robert K. Nelson, Brent Cebul, Justin Madron, Nathaniel Ayers via American Panorama on December 13, 2017

'Segregation Had to Be Invented'

During the late 19th century, blacks and whites in the South lived closer together than they do today.
by Alana Semuels via The Atlantic on February 17, 2017
Map of Minneapolis showing density and locations of restrictive covenenants

Mapping Prejudice

Racial covenants and housing discrimination in 20th century Minneapolis.
via University of Minnesota on June 1, 2016
Clara Newton at her home outside Baltimore, holding a picture of her son Odell, who has been in prison for 41 years for a crime he committed when he was 16. State officials have recommended Odell for release three times since 1992, but he has not been freed. August 4, 2015.

The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration

Politicians are suddenly eager to disown failed policies on American prisons, but they have failed to reckon with the history.
by Ta-Nehisi Coates via The Atlantic on September 15, 2015

The Case for Reparations

Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
by Ta-Nehisi Coates via The Atlantic on June 23, 2014

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