The Value Gap is a MarketWatch interview series about confronting inequality that features business leaders, academics, policy makers and activists. For much of the 20th century, people of color in ...

Among the thousands of area descriptions created by the federal government in the 1930s, the one that was written for Waterloo, stands out. For one section of the city it says, “Undesirable ...

The Justice Department has secured $122 million from a dozen banks and mortgage companies in redlining cases since Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the agency's Combat Redlining Initiative ...

Thousands of red tulips are blooming this week in long-vacant lots around 53rd and Prairie, a noted Chicago artist’s way of bringing attention to sites where the 20th-century practice of redlining led ...

The American dream of homeownership remains painfully out of reach for far too many Black and Hispanic families. Only 43% of Black households and 60% of Hispanic households in Chicago own their home — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2020, we had a robust conversation, nationally and locally, around racial justice issues. Many of us in the real estate ...

Navigating the real estate market as a Black homeowner involves understanding unique challenges, preparing for systemic inequalitie and making informed decisions to secure a better future. Buying a ...

King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles recently introduced a motion requesting the county executive to provide recommendations to restore “justice for race-based restrictive real estate ...

Siouxland has a lot of Black history that has been tucked away or forgotten, including the mass redlining that took place ...

Federal prosecutors have accused mortgage lender Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. of discriminatory redlining practices in predominantly Black neighborhoods in Birmingham, AL. The allegations were ...

Lorraine Cochran-Johnson stands outside a strip mall on Glenwood Road in southern DeKalb County, Ga., gesturing toward a boarded-up building that once housed a Family Dollar. Just down the street sits ...

In 2020, we had a robust conversation, nationally and locally, around racial justice issues. Many of us in the real estate profession learned for the first time how private industry partnered with the ...