You never know what can happen over a bowl of ramen. Last November, when I met my friend and colleague Rebecca Burrell for lunch at a noodle shop in downtown Portland, Ore., I had no idea it would ...

A city’s budget is more than a spreadsheet. It is a moral document. Every line item reveals what, and who, a city values. When budgets are crafted without an explicit racial equity plan, they ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his "Preliminary Citywide Racial Equity Plan" on Monday, which quickly prompted pushback from conservatives online and skepticism from President Donald ...

Even as City Hall describes parts of its spending plan as "actions of last resort," Mayor Zohran Mamdani is steering millions into an expanding "racial equity" bureaucracy and six-figure diversity ...

The changes came as President Trump has moved to erase diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. A Justice Department official still said the report seemed “fishy/illegal.” By Jeffery C. Mays Just ...

New York City is one of the most opportunity-rich places on earth. It has attracted generations of immigrants of every race and creed, often arriving with little more than a suitcase and the firm ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has been taking steps to try to strengthen his ties with Black voters, issued two reports that focus on the ways nonwhite New Yorkers are being left behind. By Jeffery C.

The rising home equity tide doesn’t lift all homeowner boats equally.

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Indianapolis Public Schools has changed its Office of Racial Equity into the Office of Strategic ...

The New York City Law Department insisted that all references to DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) be scrubbed from the city’s much-anticipated racial equity plan out of concern it could open up ...