When my wife and I adopted our daughter from Ethiopia in 2010, we did so full of hope. In the years since, we’ve faced ugliness that has robbed us of our optimism—and left us fearful for the future of our country.
The Atlantic: America soured on my multiracial family Read More »
The problem of Confederate monuments points to a larger, persistent conviction among some white Americans that racial equality brings white oppression in its wake.
The Washington Post: Why some white Americans see racial equality as oppression Read More »
Society’s winners can seem so generous, until you consider what they’re really selling.
The New York Times: Beware rich people who say they want to change the world Read More »
Anything less than a complete revolution that tore down the bigoted and patently unfair systems of mass incarceration would be a severe disappointment.
Silent Sam is a Confederate soldier statue on the campus of the University of North Carolina, and Monday night, after years of controversy, a group of students pulled it down.
Paste: The kids are all right: Silent Sam had to come down Read More »
A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit against Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and his agency, dealing a blow to advocates challenging how the department enforces fair housing laws.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is accusing Facebook of violating the Fair Housing Act.
CNN: HUD hits Facebook with housing discrimination complaint Read More »
More than 50 years after redlining was outlawed, the legacy of discrimination can still be seen in California’s poorest large city.
The Atlantic: Fresno’s Mason-Dixon line Read More »
Federal prosecutors are looking into how PNC Financial Services Group Inc. purchased tax credits meant to fund housing for low-income people, the bank said.
The Wall Street Journal: PNC faces probe over low-income tax credits Read More »
“There are 76 monuments to the civil rights movement. Let this be the 77th.”
NextCity: The history of Rosa Parks’ house is the history of redlining Read More »
States like Ohio are placing their surpluses in rainy-day funds, but cities that have suffered because of cuts since the recession say it is time to loosen up.
The New York Times: Some states sitting on piles of cash, and cities want a cut Read More »
Economic and racial inequality is an issue that must be addressed now. Don Graves reflects on his years of work in the banking and community investment sectors to share his plans to remedy this inequality.
Biden Forum: Dealing all of our communities into the bargain Read More »
President Trump called on his attorney general to sue opioid companies, his latest move in an administration-wide effort to combat the opioid epidemic.
The Wall Street Journal: Trump calls on Justice Department to sue opioid companies Read More »
Several Chicago suburbs are exceptions to the national trend.
Pew: Where black homeownership is the norm Read More »
As the chain opens stores at the rate of three a day across the US, often in the heart of ‘food deserts’, some see Dollar General as an admission that a town is failing
The Guardian: Where even Walmart won’t go: how Dollar General took over rural America Read More »
