What is redlining in real estate? Redlining in real estate refers to lenders denying loans based on the neighborhood’s racial makeup. Banned by the Fair Housing Act in 1968, redlining and other forms ...

Historic redlining, a U.S. policy outlawed nearly 6 decades ago for segregating neighborhoods based on their racial makeup, still negatively impacts survival from breast cancer, according to results ...

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By Dr. Anthony O. Kellum, Contributing Writer Property is Power! and access to it is under threat in the digital age. For most of the 20th century, discrimination in mortgage lending was explicit.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Members of the ...

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Historical housing practices in the U.S. have put many communities of color at a disadvantage. It’s not necessarily due to individuals being racist. It’s due to housing policies ...

It’s been a little over a month since a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, where a gunman killed 10 and injured three in a racist attack on a grocery store. Since then, the Department of Justice has ...

The Justice Department has secured $122 million from a dozen banks and mortgage companies in redlining cases since Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the agency's Combat Redlining Initiative ...

HBCUs across the Black rural south have long struggled with broadband access. With many HBCUs suffering from unstable internet connections, one school hopes to be the game-changer against digital ...

The long-term, systemic consequences of structural racism can be challenging to see, quantify, and communicate. But an online tool developed by Jaime Madrigano, an associate professor in the ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Michael Toombs started gravitating towards art in the sixth grade. A program at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, led by local artist Matthew Monks, helped Toombs escape the ...