Previous coverage in the media player above regarding lifeguard shortages and their relation to pool hours. Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, Gerome Sutton looked forward all week for his chance to ...

Public pools are a vital resource in the United States. We need more of them. On a sweltering Friday afternoon in Chicago earlier this month, I was in desperate search of relief from the heat. The ...

The arrival of Labor Day brings the unofficial end of summer and the official end of swimming season at most outdoor municipal pools. But for residents of East Point, the last public pools in the city ...

This week, we're looking into the history of public swimming pools in the U.S., and the legacy that pool segregation has had on swimming skills in... How racism kept Americans out of pools How racism ...

New York (CNN) — Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, Gerome Sutton looked forward all week for his chance to swim at Algonquin Park pool on the weekend. “It was like Christmas in the summer time,” ...