American Ghetto By Mario L. Small April 24, 2016. A Washington, D.C., neighborhood in 1997. Steve McCurry, Magnum Photos. I n their effort to communicate complex thoughts, social scientists have ...

In case you didn’t know it, what’s called a “recession” in White America is called a “depression” in Black America. During much of last year white unemployment held steady at around 8. ...

The linkage between Jews and “ghetto” began in the early 16th century. Here's how the word came to signify racial segregation in America.

Historian Says Don't 'Sanitize' How Our Government Created Ghettos Richard Rothstein, who studies residential segregation in America, concludes: "Federal, state and local governments purposely ...

Donald Trump on Thursday referred to inner cities for the first time on the campaign trail as “ghettos” as he promised as president to tackle the problems facing low-income African-Americans.

The original root language of "ghetto" is unknown. But its original meaning has long been clear. By the 17th century, Rome and Venice had segregated Jewish residents into ghettos.

In Poland, the Nazis moved to liquidate the Warsaw ghetto. In a desperate last stand, the remaining Jewish inhabitants began a hopeless month-long battle against them.

Art may not be the ghettos' most urgent need. ... Detroit’s International Afro-American Museum, organized by Dr. Charles H. Wright, a black gynecologist, is a trailer that tours schools.