racism Elizabeth Warren has a plan to reform "Heirs' Property," which allows wealthy white property developers to steal Black family homes Cory Doctorow
law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow
usausausa Reverse mortgages: subprime's "stealth aftershock" that is costing elderly African-Americans their family homes 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
Business California home-buyers are increasingly reliant on parental gifts to afford their down-payments Cory Doctorow
usausausa How an obscure law allowed white, rich developers to steal African-Americans' land for a century Cory Doctorow
economics "Your debt is someone else's asset", a short film from The Intercept, Mollie Crabapple and co., and Astra Taylor Elías Villoro
climate change A stunning visualization of how racist housing policies create urban heat islands Thom Dunn
california Fur industry paid protesters to attend California and New York hearings on a fur ban Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Facebook forced to drop "feature" that let advertisers block black people, old people and women Cory Doctorow
music How musician Dan Deacon collaborated with real rats for the Rat Film soundtrack David Pescovitz
class war The blacker a city is, the more it fines its residents (especially black ones) Cory Doctorow
