The meeting in the Roosevelt Room felt urgent and intense. Freddie Gray was dead, another black man fatally wounded in an interaction with police.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is circulating new rules that would make it nearly impossible for banks – or landlords or homeowners insurance companies – to be sued when their algorithms result in people of color being disproportionately denied housing.
Reveal: Can algorithms be racist? Trump’s housing department says no Read More »
Many conservatives in the U.S. believe that poverty is mainly a result of bad personal decisions, but statistics from the seemingly perfect Japan show that even a culture filled with hard work and no play doesn’t stop rampant poverty.
Bloomberg: Stop blaming America’s poor for their poverty Read More »
Early word of the results of a new experiment built to break the cycle of poverty has provoked a nationwide stir among Democrats and Republicans alike, and 21 cities across America are already working to start similar programs. Anti-poverty work is sometimes seen as bleak, but these findings are thrilling.
The New York Times: A better address can change a child’s future Read More »
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved Tuesday an agreement to settle allegations that a bank led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and a top Trump-appointed bank regulator violated federal lending discrimination laws.
The Hill: HUD approves discrimination settlement with bank once run by Mnuchin Read More »
A few years ago, Mark Carney, a former Goldman Sachs director who now leads the Bank of England, sounded a warning: global warming, he said, could send the world economy spiraling into another 2008-like crisis.
The Atlantic: How climate change could trigger the next global financial crisis Read More »
Experts say the reality is more of a collaboration than an ousting: patients could soon find their lives partly in the hands of AI services working alongside human clinicians.
Gentrification is usually thought of as a positive for cities as a whole, but a problem for longer-term residents of gentrifying areas: they are displaced by higher rents or increasingly alienated from their changing community.
The Economist: Can gentrification be a force for positive social change? Read More »
RVA Magazine, July 31, 2019: GRTC Connects: Route 12 – Church Hill to the East End Strolling down the tree-lined avenues of historic homes, manicured mini-lawns, and tastefully curated porches of Church Hill, one could be forgiven for thinking they were out on a jaunt in Georgetown or Old Town Alexandria. Alas, a glance down
RVA Magazine: GRTC Connects: Route 12 – Church Hill to the East End Read More »
The conversation around inequality and hardship in the U.S. has evolved and broadened in recent years—especially since the 2016 election—and with it, so has media coverage of these issues. But what’s still lacking are the voices that inhabit inside these statistics.
The conversation around inequality and hardship in the U.S. has evolved and broadened in recent years—especially since the 2016 election—and with it, so has media coverage of these issues. But what’s still lacking are the voices that inhabit inside these statistics.
Housing discrimination happens everywhere, and could be affecting women you know, including yourself.
NBC News: Why equal housing for women will continue to be a ‘tough road’ Read More »
Housing discrimination happens everywhere, and could be affecting women you know, including yourself.
NBC News: Why equal housing for women will continue to be a ‘tough road’ Read More »
Most D.C. neighborhoods are nearly unrecognizable from just a decade ago, with some notable exceptions, mostly East of the River. But while development may be slower-moving in Southeast, it’s happening all the same.
WAMU: Anacostia residents seek development without displacement Read More »
America today faces a two-headed problem: economic inequality and housing inequality.
CityLab: The double whammy: Housing and income inequality Read More »
