For decades, the Fair Housing Act’s potential was squandered. A recent Court decision may finally change that.
Richard Rothstein
Richard Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute, a senior fellow of the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, a contributing editor of The American Prospect, and an occasional contributor. His previous work on racial segregation and public education is posted here, and his most recent Prospect print story, ‘The Making of Ferguson,’ can be read here. Readers may correspond with him about his writing at riroth@epi.org.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
How Government Policies Cemented the Racism that Reigns in Baltimore
A century of federal, state, and local policies have quarantined Charm City’s black population in isolated slums.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Making of Ferguson: How Decades of Hostile Policy Created a Powder Keg
Long before the shooting of Michael Brown, official racial-isolation policies primed Ferguson for this summer’s events.
Posted inBooks
Race or Class? The Future of Affirmative Action on the College Campus
Focusing college-student recruitment on poor neighborhoods can overlook middle-class African Americans entitled to affirmative action.
Posted inEducation in America
The Urban Poor Shall Inherit Poverty
Sociologist Patrick Sharkey proves a mother’s insecure upbringing harms her child as surely as a neighbor’s broken window.
Posted inArticle
Public Housing: Government-Sponsored Segregation
When the early New Deal first constructed public housing in New York City and elsewhere, projects for blacks were built in existing ghettos or undeveloped areas where planners wanted to shift existing black neighborhoods.[1] But projects for whites were built in existing white neighborhoods, places like Woodside, where the Klein family lived. By the […]
Posted inEducation in America
Joel Klein’s Misleading Autobiography
What the former chancellor of New York City schools’ sleight of hand tells us about education reform
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Battle of the Romney Plans
Does Mitt’s or George’s approach to raising black student achievement make more sense?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Cost of Living Apart
Without neighborhood integration, Mitt Romney’s school-choice plan won’t close the achievement gap. George Romney knew better.
Posted inSpecial Report
It’s Not Just Education
If we want more economic opportunity and equality, a better-skilled work force is only one element among many.