PRRAC in the News

By Emily Badger, New York Times President Obama’s civil-rights legacy looked on track, not long ago, to include a major push against America’s deeply entrenched housing segregation. In 2015, his administration rolled out a rule requiring local communities to assess their own patterns of racial and income segregation and make genuine plans to address them. … [Read more...] about How Ben Carson Could Undo a Desegregation Effort (New York Times)

By Kriston Capps, CityLab The President-elect’s next steps on federal housing policy will have a profound effect on rural America and the inner city alike. … [Read more...] about What’s at Stake in Trump’s Pick to Lead HUD (CityLab)

By Lewis Diuguid, Kansas City Star Over the years I have attended many discussions on race relations in Kansas City and across the U.S. Although little seems to be accomplished, it is important to learn from others on touchy racial topics. The Black Lives Matter movement is among them. For nearly two years it has brought needed attention to the police killings of unarmed … [Read more...] about Healing Must Follow Talks on Race (Kansas City Star)

By Rebecca Rivas, St. Louis American Christie Huck and her two sons live in South city’s Shaw neighborhood, just three blocks away from where the 18-year-old black teen, VonDerrit Myers Jr., was shot and killed by an off-duty city police officer in 2014. … [Read more...] about ‘Inequity in Our Region is Literally Killing Our Children’ (St. Louis American)

By Michelle Chen, The Nation About 62 years after the Supreme Court declared “separate but equal” in America’s schools unconstitutional, on the cusp of a demographic tip toward a majority of people of color, the lessons of Brown v. Board of Education seem to be skipping a generation. … [Read more...] about Millennials Have Lived Through a Doubling of School Segregation (The Nation)