The stately brick buildings once called Willert Park Courts stand fenced off and choked in ivy, moldering behind graffiti and plywood. Signs warn of falling debris. Paper trash blows across lawns ...

A woman walks past newly renovated housing units in the Colonial Village public housing complex in Norwalk. Credit: Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism ...

Manuel Zuniga has lived in Greenpoint since 1982. Back then the neighborhood was plagued with high crime, vacant buildings and a shortage of basic government services. But Zuniga was won over by the ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has filed a proposal for a new rule to push local communities to take steps to address housing segregation. HUD said in a release that the rule, ...

In 1964, California Realtors sponsored billboards across the state advocating for “Freedom of Choice.” But Realtors weren’t lobbying for freedom of religion or freedom of speech. They were advocating ...

A 2011 report found “concerning patterns” of discrimination and segregation in housing in Norfolk, and though City Council and staff have enacted various measures to improve housing, segregation ...

This week, we're celebrating NPR's 50th anniversary, kicking off a series we're calling We Hold These Truths to examine what's working and what's not in American democracy. And one of the ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the North’s worst episode of school desegregation–related racial violence: Boston’s busing riots. Mobs hurled rocks at buses filled with black students newly ...

“Rising unaffordability, worsened by a global pandemic, has created a cycle where many Black and brown New Yorkers, along with other marginalized groups, see leaving the city as their only option.” ...

JOHN FINN: This map isn't about whether it's 19% or 21% here. The map is about, it's different here to here. I am a self-professed map nerd. I love working with maps. I love looking at maps. I love ...