The Washington Post: Black start-up founders say venture capitalists are racist, but the law protects them
In the rarefied world of tech dealmaking, the legal protections born out of the civil rights movement effectively don’t apply
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In the rarefied world of tech dealmaking, the legal protections born out of the civil rights movement effectively don’t apply
A new study finds that the restaurant industry’s long-standing practice of paying tipped workers a subminimum wage has led to significant racial and gender-based pay disparities, disparities that are now being exacerbated by the pandemic.
Our global pandemic forced us to grapple with truths we always knew but too often ignored. One of those truths is the direct relationship between one’s housing and one’s health. They are inextricably linked.
Fortune: How zoning laws exclude Black families from areas of economic opportunity Read More »
The letter comes after a story by ProPublica and The Capitol Forum outlined how the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency shelved investigations into discrimination at Bank of America and other lenders.
Sadly, the louder the call for addressing structural racism, the more this administration seems to double down on its opposition to that agenda.
American Banker: Trump’s attempt to weaken fair housing rules is beyond tone deaf Read More »
“Unfortunately, I don’t think that supplier diversity has been a metric [most retailers] have considered,” said James. “That’s why we have to advocate for Black-owned brands now.”
Glossy: What the 15% Pledge for Black-owned business will look like in action Read More »
Homeless shelters would have the right to turn away transgender people from single-sex facilities that correspond to their gender identity.
The New York Times: HUD Rule Would Dismantle Protections for Homeless Transgender People Read More »
The federal government’s PPP and CFAP relief programs leave out beginning farmers even as the coronavirus decimates their primary sales outlets
In this report, Dr. Lindsay Owens introduces proposals for federal regulators to consider in order to better assess and respond to climate risk in the housing market.
People who have been evicted are statistically more likely to face ongoing housing instability and have worse health outcomes than those that have stable living situations.
Popular Science: How eviction is feeding—and being fed by—the pandemic Read More »
The current housing crisis could get messy quickly, but fixing it shouldn’t be complicated, if Congress intervenes.
The Atlantic: A Lot of Americans Are About to Lose Their Homes Read More »
A comparison with global development indicators suggests that Americans of different races inhabit all but separate countries.
Bloomberg Opinion: ‘E Pluribus Unum’ Is a Cruel Mirage Read More »
“I think the idea of, ‘We’ll just go ahead and let branches abandon our cities’ — I think we’d regret that on the back end of this,” he told the Financial Times.
Banking Dive: Don’t use coronavirus as excuse to close branches, OCC says Read More »
At least six investigations into discriminatory mortgage loan “redlining” have been halted or stalled — against staff recommendations — under the Trump administration’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
ProPublica: Trump Financial Regulator Quietly Shelved Discrimination Probes Into Lenders Read More »
4.9 million
That’s how many PPP loans have been approved so far, according to data from the Small Business Administration, from a pool of 5,461 lenders. All together, those loans were worth $521 billion.
Forbes: Here’s What Was Inside The Government’s Massive PPP Data Dump Read More »