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An investigation by New York state into mortgage lenders in the city of Buffalo found that those companies favored white applicants over those seeking to

Historical Redlining Practices Shape Racial Health Inequalities Today, Study Finds Researchers examined how historical redlining practices in nine US cities impact urban health outcomes today. A recent study, published in the journal Environmental Justice, looked at the associations between historical redlining practices and present-day health inequities. The research team, led by Jason Corburn at UC Berkeley, found that residents in neighborhoods that were historically denied financial investment due to redlining policies were more likely to have high cancer and asthma rates in the present....

Todd Kirkland/AP Images The lack of access to basic financial services in poor and Black neighborhoods has forced underserved populations to rely on costly alternatives like check-cashing, money orders, and payday loans. In minority-majority zip codes, Black banks are often the primary source for fair, non-predatory lending. But since 2001, their numbers have fallen by more than 50%. In December, the Atlanta Hawks announced a historic $35 million transaction with 11 Black banks, which will allow them to extend new lines of credit to would-be Black homebuyers and ...

click to enlarge Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, and although the robust energy of live celebration and remembrance won’t be part of many of this year’s commemorations, multiple organizations will present virtual events inspired by the spirit of the day. Commemorations of the holiday begin tonight at 7 p.m. with Stand Up, Step Up: 14th Annual MLK Celebration for the Henrietta & Rush Communities. This online event, co-sponsored by both municipalities and the Interracial Clergy Council of Henrietta & Rush, will feature...

Charged with having a diversity study done. and at the completion of that study, we found that things were what we thought, that racial disparities does in fact exist, that inequality in wages and housing issues and redlining that takes place in the minority community. so with those results, that gave us a baseline to work together and go out into the neighborhoods and say what can we do better to engage blacks? how can we offer them affordable housing? and specifically in my district, we have partnered with a church community and the neighborhoods and we have built two homes and sold them to ...