Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women who resided in neighborhoods that were redlined in the mid-1900s had worse survival from breast cancer.

Close to six decades after its outlaw in the federal government's Fair Housing Act of 1968, redlining still haunts Lansing. Redlining is denying someone credit necessary for buying housing based on ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Members of the Caddo Parish Civil Rights Heritage Trail project team at LSU Shreveport, KTAL NBC 6 NEWS, and Red River Radio (NPR) are excited to announce the beginning ...

In the penultimate of six brick row homes in Baltimore, Blair Scurry thought, “This can’t be happening to me.” She’d just learned she had bone cancer, Stage 3 osteosarcoma. The newly discovered tumor ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The fight to right a historic wrong in housing is seeing new attention around Knoxville, and a housing policy expert made a stop in the city to speak about how the impact of ...

Residents of formerly-redlined areas may make more visits to the emergency room in Richmond, Virginia, according to recently published research. The effects of discriminatory government policies are ...

Redlining became illegal decades ago. Yet from building wealth to getting a mortgage, the discriminatory practice is still ...

Systemic racism is a term we have all — hopefully — become conversant with during these past weeks; it is one of the most indestructible weapons used to obstruct people of color and our nation from ...

Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all things home internet. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's degree. Cierra is ...

A map from the Franklin County Board of Elections shows which candidates won which precincts in the race for Columbus City Council District 7. Jesse Vogel, in turquoise, won much of the western side ...