What’s Behind America’s Racial Wealth Gap?

Jacqueline Luqman / The Real News Network Aug 28, 2019 "The Color of Money" author Mehrsa Baradaran examines the long-term ramifications of denying African Americans home and property ownership. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Banks Are Making Black and Latino Homeownership a Thing of the Past

Aaron Glantz and Emmanuel Martinez / Reveal  Dec 26, 2018 Modern-day redlining has ensured that people of color are routinely denied conventional mortgage loans, a new year-long analysis reveals. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Resistance Before the #Resistance

Liesl Bradner / Truthdig Jun 29, 2018 A new exhibit at the Los Angeles Public Library celebrates the young men who refused to fight in the Vietnam War. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race

By Julia Angwin and Terry Parris Jr. / ProPublica Oct 29, 2016 Imagine if, during the Jim Crow era, a newspaper offered advertisers the option of placing ads only in copies that went to white readers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart: Thanks to SCOTUS, Americans Can Still Kill Prisoners Painfully and Everyone Else Slowly

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 1, 2015 After celebrating SCOTUS' momentous decisions on same-sex marriage, the Fair Housing Act and Obamacare, the "Daily Show" host has one more thing to say to the Supreme Court justices: "What the fuck?" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

SCOTUS Might Be About to Mess With the Fair Housing Act

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jun 24, 2015 While we're all waiting for the Supreme Court to make some historic calls about key issues like gay marriage, here's another big one to keep in focus: racial discrimination in housing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Moves to Undo Civil Rights Law … Again

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 30, 2015 The U.S. Supreme Court has once again taken it upon itself to reconsider a landmark civil rights law. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

This Week SCOTUS Will Take Up One of the Most Important Civil Rights Cases of the Last Decade

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2015 Many fear Texas case could gut the landmark Fair Housing Act. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )