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The risk of heart failure in the present day was higher among Black adults who lived in U.S. zip codes historically impacted by redlining, according to research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation.

A lack of trees in Tacoma stretches back decades to formerly redlined neighborhoods—and that has a major impact when the weather heats up.

New research is shedding light on the true origins of the redlining maps that led to mortgage discrimination in predominately Black neighborhoods. Many people have mistakenly pointed to maps created by the Home Owners Loan Corporation in the 1940s. Researchers say, however, that other maps created by banks, insurance companies and the FHA were truly behind the racist banking policies known as redlining.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts announced October 29, the launch of the Combatting Redlining Initiative in the state.

Historical housing discrimination in Boston plays out today in systemic racism affecting homeownership, generational wealth, and education.

The American Council of Learned Societies Announces 2021 ACLS Digital Extension Grant Awardees Share Article Program Supports Digitally-Based Research Projects That Advance Inclusive Scholarship in the Humanities and Interpretive Social Sciences “Digital projects in the humanities uncover and provide access to collections and materials that might have been hidden from sight or not even considered worthy of collecting.” NEW YORK (PRWEB) ...

 with permission from the author. For this year’s Black History Month, and because we are still in a pandemic, I leaped at the opportunity to virtually participate in the : Lift Every Voice Racial Equity and Poverty, a series of online conversations that “inspires anti-racism action through art and courageous conversation.” From soul-shaking poetry to a one-person play, this was a great way to bring our community together to reflect. Because it used Zoom, we were able to have breakout ro...