Even though women and people of color can run for office, they have a hard time being elected. Our current…

White (not hispanic)s constituted 62.6% of the United States population in 2013. This means that Congress fails to represent the…

African-American children face several barriers to success. This study rated states on 12 factors, from educational access to socioeconomic status…

Nationally, the incarceration rate for African-American men is 6.7 percent, but it is nearly double in Wisconsin, at 13 percent.…

White men write 80% of all major publication op-eds. For example, a review of the New York Times and The…

Racial tensions in Ferguson, Missouri erupted into riots after a grand jury in St. Louis County did not indict Officer…

All across America, fathers are disappearing. Since 1960, the percentage of single parents has more than doubled in the United…

Nationwide, women comprise two-thirds of all minimum wage workers. Minority women are more likely than white women to work these…

In 1910, at the height of black land ownership, 15 million acres of farmland—14 percent of the total—was owned and…

This chart compares the share allocated to selected expenditures by ethnicity and race for 2012. Black, non-Hispanics allocated more money…

The degree to which a black defendant is perceived as "Black" in appearance, based on preconceived stereotypes, substantially affects the…