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Black-White Segregation Decreasing, Slowly

Segregation is decreasing, even in America’s most segregated big cities.

December 26, 2018 - The Brookings Institute

Uptown Oakland

Study: Integrated Neighborhoods More Common Across the U.S.

A Harvard study suggests that since 2000, the number of Americans living in racially integrated neighborhoods has risen. But this may be a temporary effect of gentrification, and integration remains an exception to the rule.

October 13, 2017 - Housing Perspectives

Chicago Riverwalk

Chicago Deeply Segregated, if Slightly Less So Than in the 1990s

A Chicagoan working at a downtown library noticed her black coworkers all tended to head home to the South Side after work while her white coworkers went north. She asked Chicago's Public Radio station (WBEZ) if the city was becoming more segregated.

August 2, 2017 - CNN

Uptown Oakland

Study: 'Global Neighborhoods' Are Proliferating in the United States

While narratives about gentrification and segregation dominate the headlines, one study found evidence of increased integration around the United States.

October 26, 2016 - PhysOrg

Wynton Marsalis

Friday Fun: Wynton Marsalis on the 'Mythic Significance' of Trains

Famed musician Wynton Marsalis recently spoke with Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx about the connections between music and transportation.

October 14, 2016 - Facebook Video

Poor Door

Op-Ed: Why Cities Need the 'Poor Door'

Drawing on a distinction between equality and equity, Rick Jacobus argues that so-called 'poor doors' are a necessary compromise to promote affordable housing and neighborhood integration.

October 29, 2015 - Rooflines

School bus with stop sign

Exclusionary Schooling: The Forces that Widen the Achievement Gap

Sixty years after Brown v. Board, exclusionary zoning and school district rules still promote the economic and racial segregation of public schools.

September 28, 2015 - City Observatory

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All-White Neighborhoods Are Nearly Extinct; All-Black Neighborhoods Persist

The good news is that middle-class suburbs are becoming increasingly integrated. However, a closer look at the migration patterns of whites and minorities reveals a more complex picture, rife with racism.

July 26, 2015 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

Latino Neighborhood

Can Gentrification Integrate Neighborhoods?

Hector Tobar argues that despite the well-documented ills of gentrification, under the right circumstances it can eat into long decades of racial segregation. Eastern Los Angeles may be a prime test case.

April 2, 2015 - New York Times

Why School Integration Requires Neighborhood Integration

Emily Badger examines the role of housing segregation in obstructing the promise of Brown v. Board of Education.

May 19, 2014 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

Mount Laurel Attests to the Benefits of Integrating Suburbia

Despite their fears, the well-off residents of Mount Laurel have been unaffected by the “fair share” of affordable housing mandated by the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark battle over the socioeconomic integration of suburbia.

October 22, 2013 - The New York Times

For Insight Into Italy's Multiethnic Future, Follow Your Taste Buds

In a country still struggling with how to integrate its fast growing immigrant population, the vibrant public market located in Rome's Piazza Vittorio Emanuele provides a taste of its recent ethnic changes.

August 13, 2013 - The New York Times

In France, a Road Paved With Good Intentions

Clare Foran unravels the relationship between misguided '70s-era planning efforts and ongoing racial tension in France.

November 25, 2012 - The Atlantic Cities

Is Urban Desegregation Finally Possible?

According to Carl H. Nightingale, urban centers have been racially divided since Mesopotamia. However global organizations and demographic changes are making the possibility of increased integration a reality.

June 3, 2012 - Salon.com

Diverse, But Not Integrated

New York City may be diverse, but it is also one of the most segregated places in the country, and a rash of recent events involving civic employees reflects this. Until this is remedied, New Yorkers "won't have as much to brag about as we think."

October 23, 2011 - The New York Times

For Women Only: Safety by Segregation

Women's safety on public transit is increasingly in focus worldwide. Many systems have turned to designating separate areas for women, but what happens after they get off?

December 21, 2010 - TheCityFix

Politics vs Progress in Australia

The new Government for the State of Victoria in Australia is attempting to reverse basic initiatives pursuing the integration of land use and transport, brought on by NIMBY influences.

December 20, 2010 - The Age Newspaper

Not Your Parents' Denver Region Any Longer

Following the path of only a few other attractive cities and regions, Denver is seeing an influx of whites while the suburbs are becoming increasingly racially & ethnically integrated.

April 6, 2009 - The Denver Post

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