China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is one of the most powerful people on the planet. He is also a soccer fan. Since taking office in 2013, Xi has put soccer squarely at the center of his ambitious plan to turn China into a wealthy superpower. Xi has a “World Cup dream.” He wants China to qualify […]

If Stockbridge splits up, the poorer parts will be left with $15.5 million of debt. For more than a decade, the Atlanta area has been dividing into ever smaller pieces segregated by race and class as cities are carved out from unincorporated county land. But the law signed in May could take the balkanization one […]

Meghan Markle didn’t just become the Duchess of Sussex on Saturday when she married Prince Harry in a gorgeous ceremony at St. George’s Church in Windsor Castle. She also became an important cultural icon of positive change in race relations around the world. “The U.K. has one of the fastest-growing mixed-race populations in the world,” […]

During the war, the poster on the left, painted by J. Howard Miller, was only on display for only two weeks. Norman Rockwell’s, on the other hand, was seen by millions. Nick Lehr/The Conversation Sarah Myers, Saint Francis University and G. Kurt Piehler, Florida State University Seventy-five years ago, Norman Rockwell’s painting of Rosie the […]

The job market is still tough for many Americans. AP Photo/Lynne Sladky Erin Wolcott, Middlebury College The unemployment rate has plunged to about the lowest level in half a century. Yet at least one group of Americans is being left behind: men who didn’t go to college. Just 78 percent of men aged 25-54 who […]

Facial recognition software often does not properly identify darker-skinned people. As the people “leveraging” the Rekognition technology may or may not realize, facial recognition software tends to be racist. Read more at the Huffington Post.

Amid widening gaps in politics and demographics, Americans in urban, suburban and rural areas share many aspects of community life. Large demographic shifts are reshaping America. The country is growing in numbers, it’s becoming more racially and ethnically diverse and the population is aging. But according to a new analysis by Pew Research Center, these […]