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Clearing the Record: How Eviction Sealing Laws Can Advance Housing Access for Women of Color
As eviction screening policies deprive families of housing, they also perpetuate discrimination against people of color — and in particular, low-income Black women. Fighting the nation’s eviction crisis requires finding data-informed solutions that advance fair housing for all.
Tulsa’s Troubling Past is Not Far Removed from Its Present
The Tulsa massacre of 1921 may have become known to many Americans because of a fictional HBO series, but it actually happened. Is the probable discovery of heretofore undiscovered mass graves in Tulsa enough to propel the city to a reckoning — an unambiguous admission of responsibility for horrific acts and a determined mind to make right what was wrong? We are about to find out.
Trump Administration’s New Rule Will Slam Door to Fair Housing
Fifty years after the enactment of the Fair Housing Act (FHA), housing discrimination remains a national disgrace in the United States. Across the country, a growing tide of housing providers, perhaps emboldened by Trump’s anti-“other” rhetoric, discriminate against the very communities the FHA was designed to protect. In 2017 alone, there were nearly 29,000 reported complaints of housing discrimination across the country. Despite growing diversity in population, residential segregation persists at alarming rates hurting local schools, property values, and much more. Just this year, Black homeownership rates dropped to a record low of 40.6% which is the lowest level recorded by the Census Bureau since 1950.
Homestead: Close the Detention Prison for Good — It’s a Human Rights Catastrophe and a Moral Abomination
Cruelty is not an immigration policy.
By Micah W. Kubic
White Supremacist Violence Is On the Rise. Expanding the FBI’s Powers Isn't the Answer.
Expanding law enforcement's powers will harm the communities of color that white supremacist violence targets—and undermine our constitutional rights.
International Human Rights Bodies Provide a Case for Reparations
International human rights programs provide models for reparations.
I Want Justice for My Son, Lucca
Now that was exactly what was happening, except it was the police accusing him of something he didn’t do. Those men are supposed to protect him, not falsely accuse him or beat him up.
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