Time • 20th November 2020

America Is Paying the Price for Outsourcing Police Training

Many police departments outsource basic law enforcement training to colleges and universities, creating a financial incentive for them to enroll as many cadets as possible and graduate unsuitable candidates.

The Atlantic • 11th April 2019

The Utter Inadequacy of America’s Efforts to Desegregate Schools

Boston's METCO is one of the few school desegregation programs left in the country. Like other attempts to diversify public schools, it, too, is fading.

The Atlantic • 20th November 2015

How to Decimate a City

How Syracuse, New York, ended up with the highest rate of concentrated poverty in America.

The Atlantic • 27th March 2015

This City Actually Gave Desegregation a Try

Integration isn't easy, but Louisville, Kentucky, has decided that it's worth it.

The Atlantic • 10th April 2018

A House You Can Buy, But Never Own

African Americans in neighborhoods decimated by subprime lending are now being targeted with new predatory loan offerings. In some cases they think they've bought a house, only to find out they have all of the responsibilities and none of the rights of homeowners.

The Atlantic • 22nd July 2016

The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America

It’s known as a modern-day hub of progressivism, but its past is one of exclusion.

The Atlantic • 31st May 2016

Welcome to Welfare Utopia

Oregon has one of the most extensive safety nets in the country. Is it because the state is so white?

The Atlantic • 19th June 2015

Do Americans Still Believe in Racial Integration?

A Texas town refuses to take government money if it means integrating its housing.

The Atlantic • 13th July 2015

The Destruction of a Black Suburb

The fate of the first black self-governing community north of the Mason-Dixon line.

The Atlantic • 3rd February 2015

Is Ending Segregation the Key to Ending Poverty?

Chicago's experiment in relocating poor African American families to rich white suburbs seems to be a success. So why are so few other cities doing the same?

The Atlantic • 28th March 2018

Chicago’s Awful Divide

Americans are flocking to big cities to find good jobs—opportunities that remain disproportionately out of reach for the poorest residents already living there.

The Atlantic • 7th January 2015

Suburbs and the New American Poverty

More people with low incomes now live outside of cities, and some areas are ill-equipped to deal with the influx of the poor.

The Atlantic • 28th May 2015

How Cincinnati Fixed Its Broken Police Department

Reforms were slow to take hold in Cincinnati, but when they did, they drove down crime while also reducing arrests.

The Atlantic • 3rd March 2016

The American Neighborhoods Without Water, Sewers, or Building Codes

Low-income residents bought cheap land outside of border cities decades ago. But the promised infrastructure never came.

The Atlantic • 6th June 2017

States With Large Black Populations Are Stingier With Government Benefits

Research suggests that states with homogenous populations are more willing to spend on the safety net than those with higher shares of minorities.

The Atlantic • 18th March 2016

The Role of Highways in American Poverty

They enabled white flight and bifurcated black neighborhoods.