Redlining is the discriminatory practice of denying services—typically financial—to residents of certain areas based on their ...

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 ...

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 ...

One thing we know for certain about the COVID-19 crisis is that the pain will not be shared equally. Wealth can determine everything from the quality of healthcare people can access to how well they ...

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

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 ...

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The Justice Department announced Friday a cross-government effort to investigate and prosecute redlining, the practice of banks discriminating against racial minorities or certain neighborhoods. It is ...

Documents and a map show examples of redlining in Boston in the "Undesign the Redline: the Transformation of Race, Place, and Class in America" exhibit at the Boston Architectural College. (Jesse ...

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 ...

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 ...