In a major shift, appraisal industry leaders have acknowledged bias in setting home values. Will it be enough to fix the problem?
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The preservation campaign stalled for years over difficulties in documenting Underground Railroad ties that were clandestine by design.
To tackle barriers to capital for Black businesses, an Oakland project is trying a new strategy: Monthly cash payments, no strings attached.
If Joe Biden hopes to enact an ambitious recovery agenda modeled on the New Deal, he must confront its racist legacy.
In the early 1970s, African Americans in North Carolina coalesced around constructing a new community where the mission was black empowerment. And they were able to pull it off with financing from President Richard Nixon.
A new Brookings Institution report shows how black migration patterns have been reshaping the urban landscape, particularly in the South.
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Telecommuting can save energy and reduce emissions — unless it doesn’t. A new tool can help companies measure workplace carbon emissions, and figure out if going remote is easier on the planet.
By adding trees and taming traffic on the Champs Elysées, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo promises a car-free makeover for the French capital’s iconic boulevard.
A new study quantifies what big buildings are doing to the ground beneath San Francisco and other cities, as sea levels rise.
To halt the illegal flow of raw sewage into Nova Scotia’s LaHave River, it took a determined 11-year-old with water samples and a Facebook page.