racial disparities

From schools and parks to fire hydrants and sidewalks, historian Andrew Kahrl finds numerous examples over the 20th century of how African American taxpayers have been denied the benefits of their dollars. His new book is titled, “The Black Tax.”

We’ll go On the Record with housing experts who say the future of our democracy depends on desegregating our communities. In “Just Action,” Leah and Richard Rothstein lay out policies that can prompt change, from down payment subsidies to inclusionary zoning laws.

Maryland leads the country in an alarming datapoint: seventy percent of the state’s prison population is African American, in a state that is only one-third Black. We speak with the attorney general and the state’s top public defender about a new effort to end this disparity.

The 34,000-square-foot building is under development at the corner of Ashland and Rutland avenues in East Baltimore.

In her latest book, the U Penn scholar of law, race and gender calls for the dismantling of the US child welfare system, which she says is undermining Black families.

In a frank new memoir, the author and journalist reckons with a family legacy of slave ownership, and a life of white privelege.

In her new book, the U Penn scholar of law, race and gender calls for the dismantling of the US child welfare system, which she says is undermining Black families.

The author and sports commentator finds that 75 years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line, race is still a defining factor in America's pro sports leagues.

We’ll go On the Record with Georgetown law professor Sheryll Cashin. Her book, “White Space, Black Hood,” traces the history of concentrating opportunity in white areas and willfully neglecting Black neighborhoods. What will it take to undo persistent segregation?

The director of Hopkins' Center for Health Equity discusses the costs of racial inequities in health care.