Taking aim at the targeted-advertising algorithms that put Facebook on top of modern-day marketing, several fair-housing advocates brought a federal complaint Tuesday over virtual redlining.
Courthouse News Service: Fair-housing groups nail Facebook on virtual redlining Read More »
Check out NCRC’s Jesse Van Tol on NPR discussing CRA reform.
Marketplace: The lamppost theory Read More »
A nation divided, a city devastated by riots. Explore the year that transformed politics, culture and people.
The Washington Post: 1968 Read More »
These local grassroots groups are trying to close the income, wealth, and education gaps between families of color and their white counterparts.
The Atlantic: ‘We cannot move forward if these kids are left behind’ Read More »
We received thousands of questions about redlining’s history and legality – and what everyday citizens can do about it.
Reveal: You had questions about modern-day redlining. We have answers Read More »
A POLITICO investigation shows a persistent double standard in the president’s handling of relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Maria.
Politico: How Trump favored Texas over Puerto Rico Read More »
The Federal Reserve may change decades-old rules that require banks to lend to low-income borrowers as part of a broader effort to revise a range of banking regulations, the U.S. central bank’s head of regulation and supervision said on Monday.
Reuters: Federal reserve may review rules on lending to the poor Read More »
In its classically quiet fashion, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a significant study, asking the Treasury Department to improve data on CRA exams.
Data Drives the Movement for Economic Justice, and Bank Deposits Read More »
Black women, too, must have equal pay — not to white women, but to white men.
The Cut: What a massive new study on income inequality misses about black women Read More »
Teenage survivors of gun violence sang, and spoke, and read their poetry at the rally, which attracted a crowd numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
Vogue: At the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C., the youth vote calls for action Read More »
Those who don’t have a generous pre-approval letter from a lender in their pocket might find themselves out of luck when they go house hunting. That’s why some of the biggest players in housing finance are making new efforts to open up housing options for low- and middle-income buyers.
Chase’s only DC office isn’t technically a branch, which allows it to dodge CRA regulations.
Reveal: Chase rarely lends to people of color in DC – and it’s probably legal Read More »
Sifting though the conventional wisdom 10 years later.
Bloomberg: What we didn’t learn from the Bear Stearns collapse Read More »
Memories of those difficult days seem to have faded from the public consciousness, as have the lessons we learned on how we got there in the first place.
CNNMoney: 10 years after the financial crisis, have we learned anything? Read More »
This week, the U.S. Senate marked the anniversary of the Great Recession by pretending it never happened. Instead, it passed a hurtful plan to roll back consumer protections, including bank data reporting requirements put in place to prevent another financial collapse.
How to mark the 10-year anniversary of the Great Recession? Read More »
