Popularized by U.S. Supreme Court majorities from the 1970s to today, the de facto segregation myth has been adopted by conventional opinion, liberal and conservative alike. Contrary to popular belief ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. Joe Biden’s opposition to busing for school desegregation in the 1970s reveals how white liberalism played a central role in ...

From NPR News, this is NEW AND NOTES. I'm Ed Gordon, A recent Associated Press Ipsos Poll found that 78 percent of white Americans and 66 percent of black Americans agree we're closer than ever to Dr.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Sharon Stanley discussed the difference between legal segregation and de facto segregation. She also discussed the concept of integration and ...

Although the U.S. Supreme Court has clearly ruled that separate school systems for whites and Negroes are unconstitutional, de facto segregation resulting from residential patterns has until now ...

A coalition of advocacy groups and parents sued the state in 2018 alleging there is de facto segregation in New Jersey’s public school system. (Courtesy of the New Jersey Governor's Office) A closely ...

A new report ranking urban hospitals based on their racial inclusivity is ruffling some feathers. On Tuesday, the Lown Institute released the first standalone report that examined the racial makeup of ...

Soon after the Supreme Court’s 1954 ruling that segregated schools are “inherently unequal,” many Negroes hoped that Northern de facto segregation caused by housing patterns would be labeled just as ...

As a proud Howard County teacher for six years, my passions have been incited in support of what The Sun calls Superintendent Michael Martirano’s “courageous” plan to desegregate the Howard County ...

Capitol Hill resident and presidential candidate Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) sends his oldest daughter Grace to Peabody, a highly-regarded preschool that’s part of the Capitol Hill Cluster School. “It’s ...