Greenspace protects health at cellular level—but with limits

Neighborhood greenspace can protect our health, but not so much as to counterbalance pollution and systemic racism, a study finds.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Oct. 19, 2023 ~6 min

Lead exposure, racial segregation combine to lower test scores

Black children with a history of lead exposure have lower test scores than their peers, and segregation exacerbates this effect, research finds.

Duke University • futurity
Aug. 16, 2022 ~7 min


Expert: 2020 Census shows race still drives where people live

The 2020 census data released this summer show that race, not income, is still the driving factor behind who lives where in the United States.

Jill Kimball-Brown • futurity
Oct. 5, 2021 ~9 min

Expert: 2020 Census shows race still drives where people live

The 2020 census data released this summer show that race, not income, is still the driving factor behind who lives where in the United States.

Jill Kimball-Brown • futurity
Oct. 5, 2021 ~9 min

Expert: 2020 Census shows US segregation problem is ‘complicated’

The 2020 census data released this summer show that race, not income, is still the driving factor behind who lives where in the United States.

Jill Kimball-Brown • futurity
Oct. 5, 2021 ~9 min

School integration isn’t a panacea for Black students

A retrospective look at high school integration in the United States shows that creating a racially balanced student body isn't a cure-all.

Lucas Hubbard-Duke • futurity
April 6, 2021 ~7 min

New Deal programs still segregate cities and towns

"New Deal housing policies encouraged racial segregation and their substantial impact on American cities and towns can still be seen today."

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Aug. 25, 2020 ~5 min

Listen: How women made the Montgomery bus boycott a reality

Hear how women organized to help make the Montgomery bus boycott a reality, and why they're work is sometimes forgotten.

Anne Brice-Berkeley • futurity
Feb. 18, 2020 ~2 min


Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts still face huge hurdles

"...it will take more than good will to finish the unfinished business of the civil rights era. It will take activism and mobilization just as it did in the past."

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Oct. 18, 2019 ~2 min

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