In New York City, accumulating wealth is many times more difficult for Latino and Black New Yorkers, according to a recent report by the Robin Hood Foundation. The report found that nearly half of ...

The right-wing push to hike the social security retirement age is a warning siren to New York’s communities of color. More low income workers—who in New York City are disproportionately of color—would ...

Recent economic research from the National Women’s Law Center and the Economic Policy Institute has unveiled disparities in financial opportunities for Black women across America’s metropolitan areas.

The White House remains defiant after President Donald Trump deployed thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of U.S. Marines in Los Angeles amid protests against Trump’s mass immigration ...

Republican President Donald Trump’s continued power grab in the nation’s capital, and his threat to expand his militarized takeover to other Democratic-led cities, is setting up a high-stakes showdown ...

Black civil rights leaders and the mayors of several cities on Tuesday denounced the deployment of the National Guard to the nation’s capital to combat crime, calling it “fundamentally grandstanding” ...

OAKLAND, CA ‒ Mayor Barbara Lee and other officials in this California city are treating President Donald Trump's warning that he might send the National Guard there as more than just an offhand ...

The chant that greeted Mary Sheffield on Detroit's primary election night rang true Tuesday: "First female mayor! First female mayor!" Detroit ― one of the country's Blackest cities ― finally joined ...

The city’s eight specialized high schools are regarded as crown jewels but also symbols of segregation. The number of Black and Hispanic students admitted to them dipped slightly from last year. By ...