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Media Coverage: The Roots of Structural Racism

  • The ‘Dilbert’ Cartoonist and the Durability of White-Flight Thinking (New York Times) | March 1, 2023
  • The correlation between integration and successful Black-owned businesses (ABC Action News) | Feb. 21, 2023
  • What makes a city integrated? (ABC5 Cleveland) | Nov. 1, 2022
  • What's a Black School Worth in Oakland? (KQED) | May 2, 2022
  • 'I want to be heard': Starting anew with Cubs, Marcus Stroman refuses to back down (USA Today) | March 28, 2022
  • The Lasting Legacy Of Redlining (FiveThirtyEight) | Feb. 9, 2022
  • Racial residential segregation has gone down in Sacramento, study finds (Sacramento Bee) | Oct. 14, 2021
  • Racial segregation is alive and well -- and gripping America's cities (CNN) | Sept. 23, 2021
  • Opinion | It’s Time to Dismantle America’s Residential Caste System (Politico) | Sept. 12, 2021
  • Berkeley Study: Salinas ranks high on the list of segregated metropolitan regions (KION 5/46) | Aug. 19, 2021
  • The Resilience of New York’s Black Homeowners (New York Times) | Aug. 17, 2021
  • U.S. neighborhoods are more segregated than a generation ago, perpetuating racial inequity (NBC Think) | Aug. 16, 2021
  • SB 9 could help ease racial wealth gap, housing crisis (East Bay Times) | Aug. 15, 2021
  • Study on Racial Residential Segregation Finds Surprising Contrasts Between Denver and Colorado Springs (The Colorado Trust) | Aug. 11, 2021
  • Do you live in one of Memphis’ Blackest, whitest or most segregated neighborhoods? (MLK 50) | Aug. 6, 2021
  • Florida city paints a different racial portrait of America (Christian Science Monitor) | Aug. 3, 2021
  • California has a segregation problem (CalMatters) | July 11, 2021
  • ‘Sea of white’: Marin segregation detailed in UC study (Marin Independent Journal) | July 10, 2021
  • U.S. Residential Segregation Is Likely to Get Worse: New Study (Bloomberg News) | July 8, 2021
  • Research Traces Roots of Racial Disparities to Residential Segregation (San Francisco Public Press) | July 8, 2021
  • New Report Finds Major US Metro Areas, Greater Los Angeles Among Them, Are More Segregated Now Than 30 Years Ago (AirTalk) | July 8, 2021
  • Oakland Ranks High On List Of Segregated Cities, According To UC Berkeley Study (KALW) | July 7, 2021
  • Measuring Diversity and Segregation in U.S. Cities (Wall Street Journal) | July 7, 2021
  • The Mission isn’t as racially segregated as the Bay. Does that point to gentrification? (Mission Local) | July 7, 2021
  • Where segregation has changed in DC — and where it hasn’t (Greater Greater Washington) | July 6, 2021
  • LA has more diversity but is still segregated. Could that mean more uprisings? (KCRW) | July 6, 2021
  • The Only Thing Integrating America (The Atlantic) | July 2, 2021
  • Big Pharma Price Gouging; How Segregation Persists; Drones Go Global (Political Misfits Podcast) | July 1, 2021
  • Muslim Network News TV interview | June 30, 2021
  • D.C. Mayor Has the Money to Pay Off Pandemic Rent Debt (Bloomberg News) | June 30, 2021
  • New study shows racial housing discrimination increased nationwide (UpFront on KPFA) | June 29, 2021
  • Shocking new study shows segregation growing worse in surprising parts of US (The Hill) | June 29, 2021
  • Most major US cities have become more segregated in recent decades: report (Smart Cities Dive) | June 28, 2021
  • The U.S. has become more segregated. That could make gerrymandering worse. (The Fulcrum) | June 28, 2021
  • ‘Where you live determines everything’: why segregation is growing in the US (The Guardian) | June 28, 2021
  • Your city is more segregated than it was in 1990, new study shows (Grist) | June 28, 2021
  • L.A. segregation problems unchanged in decades, study shows (Los Angeles Times) | June 28, 2021
  • How segregated is your Oakland neighborhood? (Oaklandside) | June 28, 2021
  • What's Making the Bay Area More Segregated? (KCBS Radio) | June 26, 2021
  • Researchers Say ‘Chronic Disinvestment’ Has Led to Detroit Being the Most Segregated City In the U.S. (Atlanta Black Star) | June 25, 2021
  • Cities Have Grown More Diverse, And More Segregated, Since the 90s (Commercial Observer) | June 25, 2021
  • Racial Segregation is Still an Issue in Most Metro Areas (Legal Reader) | June 24, 2021
  • How 3 Decades of Increased Segregation in the Bay Area is Hurting Communities of Color (KQED) | June 24, 2021
  • U.S. Latinos earn less, die earlier in segregated areas (Axios) | June 24, 2021
  • Study: Racial segregation is increasing in the Bay Area and across the US (SF Gate) | June 23, 2021
  • Sacramento ranks as a ‘highly segregated’ city, study finds. Why it’s worse than 30 years ago (Sacramento Bee) | June 23, 2021
  • Othering & Belonging Institute holds residential segregation seminar (Daily Californian) | June 23, 2021
  • Bay Area segregation is worsening, UC Berkeley study finds (San Francisco Chronicle) | June 22, 2021
  • Segregation Is Getting Worse in the US. The Bay Area Is No Exception (KQED) | June 22, 2021
  • KPIX Television interview with Stephen Menendian | June 22, 2021
  • Report: Oakland, Fremont among U.S. metro areas that have become more segregated + Television interview with Stephen Menendian (KTVU Fox 2) | June 22, 2021
  • Study: US more segregated now than 1970, including Bay Area (KCBS) | June 22, 2021
  • ABC7 News interview with Stephen Menendian (ABC7 News) | June 21, 2021
  • Four-Fifths Of U.S. Metro Areas More Segregated In 2019 Than In 1990, While Detroit Is The Most Segregated City In Country (Forbes) | June 21, 2021
  • Most major metropolitan areas have become more racially segregated, study shows + Reporter Nicquel Terry Ellis on air (CNN) | June 21, 2021
  • Study Finds That Detroit is the Most Segregated City in the Country (The Root) | June 21, 2021
  • The U.S. Is Increasingly Diverse, So Why Is Segregation Getting Worse? (Time) | June 21, 2021
  • Bay Area is Becoming More Racially, Economically Segregated: UC Berkeley Study (NBC Bay Area) | June 21, 2021
  • The D.C. Region Has Become More Diverse — But Also More Segregated, Study Finds (DCist) | June 21, 2021
  • Segregation Has Grown Worse in Most Big Metros, Analysis Finds (Route Fifty) | June 21, 2021
  • Most big cities have become more racially segregated: study (New York Post) | June 21, 2021
  • How American racism is rooted in residential segregation (Berkeley News) | June 21, 2021
  • Map: Most and least segregated metro areas in the U.S. (East Bay Times) | June 21, 2021
  • Bay Area has become more segregated over decades, report says (East Bay Times) | June 21, 2021
  • Detroit ranked as one of the most segregated cities in the country (Michigan Radio) | June 21, 2021
  • Most segregated city in America is Detroit. How that impacts Detroiters (Detroit News) | June 21, 2021
  • Segregation is getting worse in most large US cities: report (Raw Story)

 

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