Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The stately brick buildings once called Willert Park Courts stand fenced off and choked in ivy, moldering behind graffiti and ...

A woman walks past newly renovated housing units in the Colonial Village public housing complex in Norwalk. Credit: Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public Housing segregation, both racial and economic, ...

Public-interest lawyer Alexander Polikoff spent decades fighting powerful interests, most notably in a case he filed on behalf of Black public housing residents against the city of Chicago that ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the North’s worst episode of school desegregation–related racial violence: Boston’s busing riots. Mobs hurled rocks at buses filled with black students newly ...

In 1964, California Realtors sponsored billboards across the state advocating for “Freedom of Choice.” But Realtors weren’t lobbying for freedom of religion or freedom of speech. They were advocating ...

Hueter is the chair of Neighbors For A Better San Diego and lives in Talmadge. Givot is vice chair of Neighbors For A Better San Diego and lives in El Cerrito. Following the San Diego City Council’s ...

Artist Enox Shabbaz begins a street mural in the Beman Triangle area of Middletown. The project has since been modified to comprise new crosswalks. Credit: Sacha Armstrong Crockett In 1847 Middletown ...

He notched a victory in a Supreme Court decision against the City of Chicago in 1976. He then spent over 40 years making sure the ruling was enforced. By Clay Risen Alex Polikoff, who won a landmark ...

Housing is tied to neighborhoods. Therefore, to understand how housing affects health and health equity, the role of neighborhood environments must be considered. This article is a critical review of ...

Despite most public housing residences closing in the 1960s and 70s, this one has been preserved for the future.