Brentin Mock is a staff writer at CityLab. He was previously the justice editor at Grist.
In Duplin County, residents have suffered as a result of their proximity to animal feeding operations, and that is only being exacerbated by the fallout from Hurricane Florence.
And it has identified six monuments and roughly 30 street names that could soon possibly meet the chopping block.
Starbucks doesn't need to close its stores for bias trainings. It needs to change its entire design so that it doesn't merely reflect the character of host neighborhoods, especially if that character is racist.
A conversation with Michelle Joan Wilkinson about the exhibit she curated for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture.
The state didn't succeed, but voter repression is still a major issue for election reform.
A new report outlines how municipal court fines disproportionately target low-income communities.
Last year, 2016, was the first year since Hurricane Katrina that more people left New Orleans than moved in domestically—that has a lot to do with the dismal job market that continues to repel young professionals.