This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. We humans have a tendency to carve up our cities into “the ...

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According to a recent Vox report, the drawing of school district lines often reflects the aspirations of groups with the most political sway. These typically "wealthier, whiter communities" have ...

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This data is part of a series on segregation in Illinois that resulted from a six-month Governing investigation. Residential segregation has generally slowly declined over the past several decades ...

A sweeping new study of racial segregation across the U.S. shows that the Washington region, like much of the country, has become more segregated since 1990. But most communities remain starkly ...