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      'Racism--Pure and Simple': Buffett Lender Redlined Philly-Area Homebuyers, Says DOJ

      "This settlement is a stark reminder that redlining is not a problem from a bygone era," said Kristen Clarke, an assistant U.S. attorney general, announcing a $20 million deal with Trident Mortgage.

      Brett Wilkins
      Jul 27, 2022

      The U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday that a mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett engaged in an illegal "pattern or practice of lending discrimination" by "redlining" in the Philadelphia area, and will pay $20 million in a settlement agreement.

      "The complaint also alleges that Trident's employees exchanged emails where they referred to neighborhoods of color as 'ghettos' and made racist jokes."

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      Redlining's Legacy Endures as 45 Million Americans Breathe Polluted Air: Study

      Redlining's Legacy Endures as 45 Million Americans Breathe Polluted Air: Study

      "Racism from the 1930s, and racist actions by people who are no longer alive, are still influencing inequality in air pollution exposure today," the study's lead author noted.

      Brett Wilkins
      Mar 09, 2022

      More than half a century after the official end of discriminatory redlining, 45 million people across the United States--overwhelmingly in communities of color--are exposed to elevated levels of illness-inducing air pollution, a study published Wednesday affirmed.

      "This groundbreaking study builds on the solid empirical evidence that systemic racism is killing and making people of color sick."

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      Disparity by Design: How Urban Planning and Housing Policy Helped Create 'Food Apartheid' in US Cities

      Disparity by Design: How Urban Planning and Housing Policy Helped Create 'Food Apartheid' in US Cities

      The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 54.4 million Americans live in low-income areas with poor access to healthy food.

      Julian Agyeman
      Mar 08, 2021

      Hunger is not evenly spread across the U.S., nor within its cities.

      Even in the the richest parts of urban America there are pockets of deep food insecurity, and more often than not it is Black and Latino communities that are hit hardest.

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