Demos President Heather McGhee and UC Berkeley Law Professor and author of Dog Whistle Politics Ian Haney López tell the story of how racism fuels economic inequality and what we can do about. This video was produced in partnership by Demos and MoveOn.

In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act that made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are still so segregated today. * Read "How Segregation Shapes Fatal Police Violence" at https://n.pr/2Ic6A1Q * Read or listen to: "'The Color Of Law' Details How U.S.

In America today, for every $100 of white family wealth, black families only have about $5.04. It's a direct result of centuries of racist banking policies that have systematically kept black Americans from being able to prosper.

DemocracyNow.org - In a Black History Month special, we remember the lives of the legendary civil rights activist, singer and actor Paul Robeson, and his wife Eslanda, whose story is not as well known. One of the most celebrated singers and actors of the 20th century, Robeson was attacked, blacklisted and hounded by the government for his political beliefs.

Sherrilyn Ifill '87, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, joined NYU Law Professor Bryan Stevenson, former US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and Professor Anthony Thompson, faculty director of the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, for "The Future of Race and Inequality in the United States" conversation at NYU Law on February 28, 2017.