The evidence favors a hypothesis many Americans reject: Immigration has helped reduce crime and revitalize city economies.Â
Cities & Communities
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Supreme Court’s Challenge to Housing Segregation
For decades, the Fair Housing Act’s potential was squandered. A recent Court decision may finally change that.Â
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How the GOP Plans to Cut Affordable Housing (Again)
A 2008 program to help tens of thousands on housing waitlists is finally set to be funded, but House Republicans have other plans.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Minorities in Minneapolis: Underprivileged and Over-Policed
Behind its progressive reputation, Minneapolis is a deeply divided city.Â
Posted inBooks
How the Bankers Destroyed the Dream
The mortgage collapse was an entirely avoidable crisis—a brew of elite financial lobbying and bad policy.Â
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
In Baltimore, Police Thuggery Is the Real Violence Problem
An unarmed black person is six times more likely to be killed by police than is a white person who carries a weapon.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Blind to the Future
Chris Christie and the Republican default on public investment.Â
Posted inEconomic Policy
‘Housing First’ Policy for Addressing Homelessness Hamstrung By Funding Issues
The new approach may spring from good intentions, but is undermined by a lack of affordable housing stock.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The True Cost of Teach For America’s Impact on Urban Schools
Why are school districts paying millions in “finder’s fees” to an organization that places people without education degrees to teach in urban schools—even where applications from veteran teachers abound?
