The interactive map devised by Montgomery County planners shows areas of Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Silver Spring and Takoma Park that had pervasive racial covenants for much of the 20th century ...

Each of the thousands of neighborhoods analyzed fell into one of five opportunity levels: Very high opportunity: Home to 27% of U.S. children. High opportunity: Home to 21% of U.S. children.

When applying for mortgage loans, Black applicants were 1.8 times more likely to be denied for a mortgage than white applicants, while Latino applicants were 1.4 times more likely to be denied than ...

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, reversed a lower court decision that had struck down a South Carolina congressional district as a racial gerrymander.

And once again, the courts scrapped the map because the Equal Protection Clause forbids racial gerrymandering. Now, an exasperated Louisiana begs the Supreme Court to end the “endless litigation.” ...