In July a team of researchers from a Harvard-affiliated research institute and the US Census Bureau released a study on economic mobility in the United States. The results, published in the article, ...

Wealth inequality by race remains staggeringly high, but it has gradually declined throughout the pandemic. This is different from the experience of the Great Recession, when after 2007 the disparity ...

In post-Great Recession America, which is the bigger barrier to opportunity — race or class? A decade ago, the U.S. Supreme Court kept the focus on race as a barrier, upholding the right of colleges ...

“White. Brown. Brown. White.” My not-quite-3-year-old is pointing at the faces of dancing cygnets in her “Swan Lake” book. As a developmental psychologist whose research focuses on the tendency of ...

The order requires that federal agencies assess long-standing disparities in government services and treatment every year. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered the federal ...

The Supreme Court’s latest attempt to mandate colorblindness amidst the reality of deep and widespread racial inequality has dealt another strong blow against affirmative action in higher education.

“Race is the product of racism; racism is not the product of race” was the message told to students, faculty and community members in the overflowing Klarman auditorium, Wednesday evening. Prof.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Thomas J. Sugrue discusses Race, Politics, and the Modern Metropolis in the Union Thursday. Hannah ...

Income inequality broadened between white residents and residents of color in Washington, D.C., in 2016, according to data from the United States Census Bureau’s 2016 American Community Survey. The ...

Washington Post journalists speak with top experts about the medical toll of racial inequality and ways to address disparities in health care. Associate editor Jonathan Capehart begins with assistant ...

The bill would cut subjects concerning inequality from the Texas Education Code. Some lessons on the civil rights movement, white supremacy, the women's suffrage movement and Martin Luther King Jr.