A provocative civil-rights case in Minnesota could influence school integration efforts nationally.
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Posted inWorking in America
Labor Goes South
Can the movement rebuild itself below the Mason-Dixon line, and change Southern politics in the process?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can Democrats Channel America’s Discontent?
The party has moved left in response to hard times. That should help it at the polls—but will it?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Race and Representation in the Twilight of the Obama Era
Will the eight years of America’s first black president lead to more political voice for black citizens—or less?
Posted inEconomic Policy
The New Inequality Debate
More mainstream economists now find that the income mal-distribution reflects the political sway of elites, not economic imperatives.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Likely Persistence of a White Majority
How Census Bureau statistics have misled thinking about the American future.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Cecile Richards: Grace Under Fire at Planned Parenthood
Richards faces down attacks that may yet backfire on the right.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Hedge Funds Are Pillaging Puerto Rico
Vulture investors have descended on the commonwealth, taking advantage of a debt crisis that has impoverished citizens and created massive unemployment.
Posted inEducation in America
Can Affordable Housing Help Retain Teachers?
With pay and benefits on the decline, districts from San Francisco to Newark aim to attract teachers through subsidized housing.
Posted inEducation in America
Why Black Colleges and Universities Still Matter
The continuing case for America’s historically black colleges and universities.
