New research on the consequences of police encounters among Black and white teens supports removing police presence from schools, say researchers.

Between 1989 and 2010, infant health inequality gradually lessened. New research documents the opposite trend since then.

"As neighborhoods gentrify, when poor people can no longer remain in their neighborhoods and move, there are fewer affordable neighborhoods."

In a new book, Maureen Mahon aims to correct the record on the role Black women played in shaping rock and roll.

Patients rate doctors who share their race or ethnicity higher than physicians of other races, a survey of more than 100,000 people shows.

Asking adults when they think kids become aware of race reveals misconceptions, say researchers, who have advice for parents.

Black people seek substantially more intensive treatment as part of end-of-life care, a new study shows. White people are more likely to choose hospice.

Militias today have more in common with white supremacist groups like the KKK than those from the American Revolution, says professor Greg Ablavsky.

A team of researchers predicted in April that COVID-19 would hospitalize construction workers. New findings show they were right.

Indian and Pakistani women with breast cancer are more likely to be diagnosed at a younger age and at more advanced stages of the disease, research finds.