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CHICAGO (CBS)-- Chicago is the most segregated city in the United States, while also being one of the most diverse, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Data. How can that be possible? Because ...

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Amid accusations of fraud and shady dealings in the presidential election, officials in Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Texas must segregate some ballots in the event they cannot be used in the final vote ...

There is a disproportionate burden of air pollution faced by some populations. New research is shedding light on just how much higher proportions of dangerous toxins people in minority communities are ...

During World War II, 19-year-old Frank Stevenson migrated from New Orleans, La., to Richmond, Calif., where he secured work at a Ford plant. Unable to find a place to live in the city’s segregated ...

As diversity continues to rise across the D.C. region, a new study suggests racial segregation persists in the area and across much of the country. The study, titled “The Roots of Structural Racism,” ...

U.S. cities and neighborhoods have become more starkly divided along ethnic lines, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The study from the Othering & ...

Next year will mark the 50-year anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act. The landmark bill prohibited by law long-standing practices of housing segregation ...