Land loss has plagued black America since emancipation – is it time to look again at 'black commons'
Black farmers own far less land than they did in 1910 and the racial gap in homeownership is at the highest level for 50…
Black farmers own far less land than they did in 1910 and the racial gap in homeownership is at the highest level for 50…
South Korea's mass surveillance to curb the coronavirus pandemic uses technologies and techniques that are grounded…
On June 19, a court will decide whether Virginia must obey a 1890 deed that gave the state a plot of prime Richmond land…
In many national crises, black Americans have been essential workers – but serving in crucial roles has not resulted in…
An accurate census requires good data in and good data out. With the 2020 census, the US has unprecedented challenges with…
Many Americans are surprised to learn that Electoral College members do not necessarily have to pick the candidate their…
In a national survey, transgender individuals had worse employment outcomes, lower incomes and higher rates of poverty than…
Federal law now protects lesbians, gay men and transgender people from being fired or otherwise discriminated against at…
Many of the public employee pension plans run by states don't have enough money in them to make upcoming pension payments…
Though many in the US are disoriented and disheartened by the lack of an effective federal response to the coronavirus pandemic,…
Pandemic devastation surrounds it on all sides, but tiny Uruguay has COVID-19 under control – just the latest win for…
Warnings about major disease outbreaks are supposed to come from national and international medical intelligence and surveillance…
Across the United States, police are shielded from both public and departmental accountability by multiple layers of contractual…
Young men make up the majority of black people killed by police in the US. That's fed a perception that black women…
As protests over George Floyd's death consume the country, students are forcing a reappraisal of a controversial editor…
Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' to be painted on a street near the White House.…
There is a long line of military heroes who had the moral courage not to follow immoral orders. In the days ahead, some…
Prosecutors say they've closed Sweden's most famous cold case. But many Swedes still have doubts. The crime and…
The Supreme Court has overturned a series of corruption convictions of public officials by federal prosecutors. Can public…
The allure of novel goods was so strong that it triggered 1,000 years of trade and interactions among people from different…