racism Elizabeth Warren has a plan to reform "Heirs' Property," which allows wealthy white property developers to steal Black family homes Cory Doctorow
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
Business AT&T hikes business customers' bills by up to 7%, charging them to recoup its own property taxes Cory Doctorow
law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow
elections America's super-rich write to Democratic presidential hopefuls, demanding a wealth tax Cory Doctorow
new york The story of how Buffalo's oldest, best-established Black neighborhood was literally wiped off the map is a perfect parable about systemic bias — UPDATED Cory Doctorow
beating the system Man pretends empty house is his, rents it out, and becomes official owner under squatters' rights Carla Sinclair
law Farming while Black: farmers allegedly sold fake certified seed in an effort to bankrupt them Séamus Bellamy
usausausa How an obscure law allowed white, rich developers to steal African-Americans' land for a century Cory Doctorow
Copyfight Oakland elementary school students resist Caltrans' insistence on taking copyright to their mural Cory Doctorow