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From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make homes permanently affordable for a range of incomes

Activists in Seattle gather signatures to put a social housing initiative on the ballot. In early 2025, voters passed the measure, which implements a...

Yelp’s addition of a ‘Black-owned’ tag led to a slight drop in business ratings in Detroit

Yelp’s Black-owned tag was designed to help business owners like Don Studvent attract more customers. His restaurant closed in 2018 after nine years in...

Could a bold anti-poverty experiment from the 1960s inspire a new era in housing justice?

Model Cities staff in front of a Baltimore field office in 1971. Robert Breck Chapman Collection, Langsdale Library Special Collections, University of Baltimore, CC...

Beyond the backlash: What evidence shows about the economic impact of DEI

DEI has a long history. Nora Carol Photography via Getty Images by Rodney Coates, Miami University Few issues in the U.S. today are as controversial as...

5 years after George Floyd’s murder: How the media narrative has changed around the killing and the protests that followed

Flowers, painted benches and handmade memorials surround a mural of George Floyd at George Floyd Square on May 18, 2025. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty...

Aaliyah’s turn as a vampire in the nu-metal film Queen of the Damned is an often-overlooked part of her legacy

Aaliyah as Akasha in Queen of the Damned (2002). Landmark Media/Alamy Stock Photo by Francesca Sobande, Cardiff University Black women’s influence on metal and connected sub-genres...

Reducing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to a Catchphrase Undermines its True Purpose

More than 440 anti-DEI bills have been introduced in 42 states since the 2023 Supreme Court decision that ended race-conscious college admissions. J Studios/Getty...

From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture

Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop....

Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity

New data highlights an increasing wealth divide across the United States. pick-uppath/Getty Images by Tom Kemeny, University of Toronto One need only glance at headlines about...

Almost Half of Evicted Women and Families in Metro Detroit Say They Were Illegally Pushed Out of Their Homes

In many U.S. communities, eviction moratoriums that were in place during the pandemic have expired. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images by Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Ohio State...

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