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Undoing the Dirty Deed: How ‘Whites Only’ Language from Restrictive Housing Covenants Remain on Deeds Across The Country | Atlanta Black Star
Unfortunately, well into the second decade of the 21st century, discrimination in the housing market against African-Americans remains far from rare.
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Develop Detroit cultivates affordable housing in the Motor City | Michigan Chronicle
Since its inception in June, 2015, Develop Detroit, which received startup capital from JPMorgan Chase, has been on a mission that focuses on real estate development and providing living opportunities that meet the real needs of Detroiters.
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Uber Partners with D.C. on the Future of Urban Mobility | AFRO
Community stakeholders, transportation nerds and a full bullpen of local and national media gathered to hear Mayor Bowser, Khosrowshahi and Goldsmith discuss everything from the importance of social equity and job creation for the city’s underserved communities to the future of autonomous vehicles in the urban landscape.
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Senate poised to roll back watchdog effort to prevent discrimination in auto lending market | The Washington Post
The Senate is poised to vote this week to rescind a five-year old Obama-era policy warning auto lenders against allowing minority borrowers to be charged more than their white peers.
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READ: How America Criminalizes Impoverished People of Color | Colorlines
The New Republic breaks down how policy and practice punish the least resourced among us.
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A New Black American Dream | The New York Times
African-American parents can’t stop demanding equality, but perhaps we need to start dreaming of a different kind of success.
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Black With (Some) White Privilege | The New York Times
How does having one white parent change that “twice as good” calculation?
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Entrepreneur Closes $1.7 Million Seed Funding for His Warranty Platform, Upsie | Black Enterprise
Upsie is an app designed to take the headaches and guesswork out of product warranties.
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The Shame Is Not Ours: Black America, Poverty and the War on Drugs | The Root
Poverty, police and prisons—for too many black, brown and indigenous communities, where you find one, you find the others.
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