In the 1930s, the U.S. government introduced the practice of redlining — categorizing neighborhoods based on the ethnic and racial backgrounds of the people who lived there, with areas primarily ...

Redlining is a term that evokes painful memories of discrimination, systemic inequality and economic hardship for countless communities, particularly those of color. Historically, redlining referred ...

All nonbank mortgage lenders issuing at least 200 home loans in New York each year will be subject to the state’s ...

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As the push for social justice and equality marches on, the housing market is one area where there continues to be a major gap between communities. The housing market is strong right now, surviving ...

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 ...

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 and the state of North Carolina reached a $13.5 million settlement with a bank to resolve allegations of redlining The Justice Department and the State of North Carolina reached ...

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 ...

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 ...

Systemic racism is a term we have all — hopefully — become conversant with during these past weeks; it is one of the most indestructible weapons used to obstruct people of color and our nation from ...

First National Bank of Pennsylvania said that it is "deeply disappointed" that the government started an investigation despite the fact that it only entered the Charlotte and Winston-Salem, North ...