Race Relations

When it comes to racial bias, nurture trumped nature quite some time ago.

Articles about race relations from Economist.

President Obama may have campaigned on a platform of healing the nation’s racial wounds, but according to a new Gallup survey released on Monday, those wounds have only festered under his watch.

Fifty years ago this week, a black motorist was arrested by a white policeman, and the Watts riots ensued. After six days of unrest, 34 people were dead. A year ago in Ferguson, Missouri, riots erupted after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a white police officer. Polls reveal how much race relations have improved over the past several decades, but they also point to areas where significant work needs to be done.

Are you very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied with the way blacks are treated? Do you think black-white relations will always be a problem for the U.S., or will a solution eventually be worked out?

White Americans are increasingly gloomy about the state of race relations, but that may just reflect increased attention to longstanding problems.

In the year following the death of Michael Brown, America has seen its share of racial disquiet. It is with this backdrop that PBS NewsHour and Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion conducted a survey of Americans that illustrates the contrast in opinions along racial lines about the opportunities available today for African Americans.

Surprising statistics that shed a little more light on the state of race relations in the US, following the deaths of nine people in a church in South Carolina.

Racial inequality in the United States underlies a wide range of societal issues that affect the life chances of different groups disproportionately by race.

The Great Recession, fueled by the crises in the housing and financial markets, was universally hard on the net worth of American families. But even as the economic recovery has begun to mend asset prices, not all households have benefited alike, and wealth inequality has widened along racial and ethnic lines.

Disparities in homeownership, education and experience in the labor markets all add to a massive wealth gap between white households vs. black and Hispanic ones.

The most comprehensive data we have on racial inequality comes from the Federal Reserve Board's triennial offering glimpse into race and inequality against the yardsticks of both income and net worth.

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