Prison fees in 48 states burden Black women, who often pay for incarcerated loved ones, pushing families into poverty.

Six decades of civil-rights efforts haven’t budged it, and the usual prescriptions—including reparations—offer no lasting ...

New Orleans lost more than half its psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists, and other mental health professionals in ...

HBO's "The Gilded Age" has explored what it was like for wealthy Black Americans in the late 1800s in New York City.

Faye Wilson Kennedy returned to advocating for Sacramento’s poor and unhoused after battling cancer during the pandemic. Her ...

As nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population sweltered under extreme heat advisories on Tuesday, news echoed through Black ...

After the 2020 census, the Abbeville City Council decided not to redistrict despite population shifts creating disparities in ...

Based on official data from Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC), UNICEF projects that child poverty will continue to fall in the first half of 2025, reaching 47.8%, while ...

New report warns that federal investments aimed at economic opportunity for Black communities are under threat as diversity ...

Eviction is not only a housing emergency but a public health crisis, with research showing that it can lead to premature ...

The Robin Hood Foundation, one of New York City’s biggest charities, is navigating tensions between its wealthy donors and ...

At the center of the controversy is that eight schools rely on a single test for admissions. Most of the students who scored ...