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We hosted a Facebook Live video yesterday answering all sorts of questions about changes to the Community Reinvestment Act under consideration by the Trump administration.
We did a FBLive answering all your CRA commenting questions! Read More »
Undesign the Redline’ explores the many ways that redlining continues to impact communities of color.
Ballet dancers of color have long painted, dyed or covered point shoes in makeup to match their skin. Could this small barrier to inclusion finally be disappearing?
The New York Times: Brown point shoes arrive, 200 years after white ones Read More »
“Everyone wants a representative from their community to stand up for their issues,” Barreto said. For the House, he said, “It’s the entire point: They’re representatives.”
The Washington Post: America’s gender, racial divides on display in House races Read More »
Sugarcane farmers can’t survive without large crop loans. For the Provosts, who say they suffered decades of discrimination, this could be the end of the line
The Guardian: ‘It’s not fair, not right’: how America treats its black farmers Read More »
While there are ways to improve the Community Reinvestment Act for the modern era, steps must be taken to ensure the law is not weakened in the process.
American Banker: Dear regulators: Don’t take CRA’s revamp too far Read More »
“There was nothing ‘happy’ about the tragedy inflicted upon our country on Saturday and no permission was granted for your use of this song for this purpose,” states the letter.
America’s public schools are still promoting devices with screens — even offering digital-only preschools. The rich are banning screens from class altogether.
The New York Times: The digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected Read More »
An array of recent books have studied what happens when AI is entrusted with more serious problems than what to watch on Saturday night: how to hire the best employees; how to ensure robust public debate online; where to dispatch the police; whom to jail and whom to free.
Wired: Algorithms can be a tool for justice- if used the right way Read More »
“Equalizing turnout across the population would be the single best thing we could do for our democracy, and probably for our country in the near term,” said Adam Bonica, a political scientist at Stanford.
The New York Times: What if everyone voted? Read More »
Obama administration prevented the bank from expanding as punishment for violating banking rules.
Bloomberg: The U.S. secretly halted JPMorgan’s growth for years Read More »
Our government is run by rich people — and it benefits them the most.
Vox: Working-class people are underrepresented in politics. The problem isn’t voters. Read More »
“What happened here is so horrific, it strikes at the core of injustice.”
Vice: These dirty cops framed random black people to pad crime stats Read More »
In Atlanta and other racially segregated cities, the education system is stacked against African Americans competing for STEM careers. If Amazon picks the city for its second headquarters, things could get even worse.
The Atlantic: The black struggle for technology jobs Read More »
