(Phys.org) —While historical barriers that excluded Black America from the homeowner market for decades have crumbled, there are signs that emerging types of racial inequality are making homeownership an increasingly risky ...
Economics & Business
Jul 22, 2014
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The jobless rate for African-Americans persists regardless of their level of educational attainment, when compared with whites. Racial discrimination factors into company decisions, resulting in racial gaps in the labor force—these ...
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2017
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The landmark United States Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia abolished bans on interracial marriage in the United States in 1967, but a new academic paper from Rice University and Texas A&M University ...
Social Sciences
Jul 18, 2023
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If there's an online discussion about race, using the term "white privilege" can create a polarized situation, say University of Michigan researchers.
Social Sciences
May 4, 2022
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Inadequate policing, vigilantism, social inequality, the legacy of apartheid: these are the complex factors affecting the landscape of law and justice in South Africa's informal shack settlements. University of Toronto Mississauga ...
Social Sciences
Jan 8, 2019
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UCLA researchers have found that in 2021 and 2022, federal, state, and local government officials introduced 563 measures aimed at restrict access to truthful information about race and systemic racism.
Education
Apr 7, 2023
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By many measures, the U.S. has made important strides when it comes to civil rights: The racial gaps in educational achievement, life expectancy, and wages, though still considerable, have all narrowed measurably in the past ...
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2018
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One in 50 people living in two dozen coastal cities in the United States could experience significant flooding by 2050, according to Virginia Tech-led research.
Earth Sciences
Mar 6, 2024
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A hard-hitting new report commissioned by Business in the Community, using survey data collected by YouGov and examined by researchers at The University of Manchester, is calling for employers to take urgent action to identify ...
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2016
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A UC Berkeley-led study revealed that disparities in the share of Black and Latino students admitted to America's elite colleges and universities have endured and even widened over the last 40 years.
Education
Feb 28, 2024
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