by Governing Magazine | Nov 26, 2022 | Racism (Us vs Them)
You cannot recount the history of land ownership in America without telling a story of segregation and exclusion. Throughout the 20th century, practices like redlining and racialized zoning laws prevented African Americans and other people of color from purchasing...
by KFF Health News | Nov 13, 2022 | Racism (Us vs Them)
When Dr. H.M. Green opened his new medical office building on East Vine Avenue in 1922, Black residents of this city on the Tennessee River could be seen only in the basement of Knoxville General Hospital. They were barred from the city’s other three medical centers....
by The Conversation | Oct 11, 2022 | Racism (Us vs Them)
Yolanda, 61, owns a home in the predominantly Black 7th Ward neighborhood in New Orleans. To fix her leaking roof in 2020, she had to borrow money. “It’s one of them credit card loans,” she said. “Like interest of 30% and all that, you know. I was kind of backed up...
by The Conversation | Sep 24, 2022 | Racism (Us vs Them)
In September 2022, President Joe Biden convened a summit called United We Stand to denounce the “venom and violence” of white nationalism ahead of the midterm elections. His remarks repeated the theme of his prime-time speech in Philadelphia on Sept. 1, 2022, during...
by Common Dreams | Sep 19, 2022 | Racism (Us vs Them)
They came off the buses and planes hoping for a promised new life, a home, and paying work. They brought their children, on their best behavior, excited to meet American kids and enroll in school. Hungry from the long trip, they were wondering what their first meal...
by ProPublica | Sep 13, 2022 | Racism (Us vs Them)
For nearly 10 hours on Georgia’s primary day, Olivia Coley-Pearson tracked down every potential voter she could find, working two cellphones as she paced the parking lot outside the polls, repeating the same message: “You need to tell all your cousins, your brothers,...