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Richard D. Kahlenberg

Richard D. Kahlenberg is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation. The author or editor of 17 books, he is writing a book on housing segregation for PublicAffairs Press.

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December 2, 2021
Richard D. Kahlenberg
The Ongoing Toll of Segregation
Sheryll Cashin’s “White Space, Black Hood” shows how economic discrimination combines with racial injustice in America’s housing policy.
November 15, 2018
Richard D. Kahlenberg
The Struggle to Save Our Schools
How do we go about putting democracy back into public education?
November 1, 2017
Richard D. Kahlenberg
The Making of a Tough-Minded Liberal
Chris Matthews's new biography of Bobby Kennedy revisits the promise of an inclusive populism.
January 4, 2017
Richard D. Kahlenberg
How to Protect Diversity During Trump’s Presidency
Liberals should expand the concept to include socioeconomic status.
September 3, 2014
Richard D. Kahlenberg
Want to Fix Obama's Bad Education Policy? Start With These Two New Books
The problem with the Left's embrace of center-Right policies
April 28, 2014
Richard D. Kahlenberg
Affirmative Action Fail: The Achievement Gap by Income Is Twice the Gap by Race
February 16, 2014
Richard D. Kahlenberg, Moshe Z. Marvit
Want to Realize the Civil Rights Act's Dream? Apply it to Union Rights, Too.
September 3, 2013
Richard D. Kahlenberg
A Refreshingly Honest Book About Affirmative Action
Randall Kennedy admits it helped him—and proves why we need it
May 2, 2011
Richard D. Kahlenberg
Popular, Bipartisan, and Mediocre
January 4, 2011
Richard D. Kahlenberg
The Nixon-Obama Compromise
August 30, 2010
Richard D. Kahlenberg
Guidance Counselors
June 3, 2010
Richard D. Kahlenberg
The Trouble with Distance
March 3, 2010
Richard D. Kahlenberg
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