Social Issues Race isn’t real, science says. Advocates want the census to reflect that. A small but vocal group of professionals and academics imagine a future where categories don’t matter ...

When results of the 2020 Census were released over the summer, nearly 50 million U.S. residents had checked a box for “Some Other Race” — an increase of 129 percent from a decade ago. The ...

According to Census data, Ward 8 has the highest percentage of children in poverty at 48.5% and people unemployed at 21.9% in the city. Ward 8 has the lowest median household income in DC at $31,139.

Despite being one of the more diverse cities in the country, Washington, D.C., has a problem with racial equity, a WalletHub report said.

Black women in Washington, DC, suffer from obesity, diabetes, heart disease and generally poor health in alarmingly high numbers, and white women do not, according to a study released by the ...

A group of former and current Black women officers filed a class action lawsuit against the Washington, DC police on Wednesday claiming racial and sexual discrimination, a hostile workplace and a ...

Racial and ethnic composition among adults in the Washington, DC metro area by frequency of prayer (2014) Switch to: Frequency of prayer among adults in the Washington, DC metro area by race/ethnicity ...