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 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, ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christian Weller is an economist focused on retirement inequality. Wealth is the difference between what people own and what they ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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.

Is white privilege real? It depends on how you define it. Yet, for millions of white people, the progressive emphasis on white privilege is offensive – and justifiably so. For there are millions of ...

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.