Census: Atlanta has widest wealth gap of US cities
theGRIO REPORT - U.S census numbers have given the city a new label that's nothing to be proud of, but puts into perspective how many Georgians are struggling to make ends meet...
Least segregated US metros in fast-growing South and West
(September 2011) U.S. 2010 Census results show that black-white residential segregation declined modestly since 2000, continuing the gradual pace begun in 1980...
Why new poverty numbers should be a wake-up call
OPINION - The increasing number of blacks falling into poverty and out of the middle class means we are not only failing to make progress, we are going backward...
Census: US poverty rate swells to nearly 1 in 6
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Census Bureau reports the number of Americans in poverty jumped to 15.1 percent in 2010, a 27-year high.
Wealth gap widens between whites, minorities
WASHINGTON (AP) - The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quarter-century...
Washington, D.C. loses black majority
WASHINGTON -- This city, the country's first to have an African-American majority and one of its earliest experiments in black self-government, is passing a milestone...
Census: Fewer black children in biggest US cities
NEW YORK (AP) - The inner-city neighborhoods that have served for generations as citadels of African-American life and culture have been steadily draining of black children...
New report reveals 'white flight' from Philly
NBC PHILADELPHIA - According to the report, Philadelphia lost roughly one third of its white population.
Census: Hispanics surpass blacks in most US metros
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hispanics now outnumber African-Americans for the first time in most U.S. metropolitan areas, shifting dynamics in cities once dominated by whites and blacks...
'Chocolate cities' see rise in vanilla population
theGRIO REPORT - The changes can mean displacement of memories and sites that some African-Americans believe are historic and priceless...
