Although she remained a largely unsung figure in the civil rights movement for decades, Colvin's 1955 act of rebellion ...

Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, who defied bus segregation in Montgomery nine months before Rosa Parks, has died at 86 ...

Debates in the U.S. over income inequality have taken center stage in recent years, but its existence in our cities is of long standing concern. Major metro areas have been magnets for both the rich ...