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A new report exposes massive inequality between white and black land ownership in the United States.
— Read on inequality.org/research/owns-land/

The evidence for racial disparities in the criminal justice system is well documented. The disproportionate racial impact of certain laws and policies, as well…
— Read on www.vera.org/publications/for-the-record-unjust-burden

When King Was Dangerous
— Read on www.jacobinmag.com/2019/01/martin-luther-king-civil-disobedience-injunction-birmingham

A study of more than 100 cities nationwide shows neighborhoods subjected to discriminatory housing policies nearly a century ago are hotter today than other areas.
— Read on www.wabe.org/racist-housing-practices-from-the-1930s-linked-to-hotter-neighborhoods-today/

Bryan Stevenson says “Just Mercy” is a call to action for people to address the racial and economic inequities that undergird the criminal justice system.
— Read on www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/01/10/just-mercy-bryan-stevenson

Black families in Chicago lost an estimated $4 billion due to predatory contract buying, a Duke University’s Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity study found. Artist in residence Bruce Orenstein spoke to surviving victims.
— Read on www.chicagoreporter.com/the-plunder-of-black-wealth-in-chicago-captured-in-film/

Despair doesn’t kill, defending whiteness does – The Lancet
— Read on www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)33147-2/fulltext

The ZORA Canon celebrates more than 150 years of literature with 100 books written by African American women.
— Read on zora.medium.com/amp/p/46b3492bdded

The harmful policy was built on a shaky foundation.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/27/how-year-old-study-was-misconstrued-create-destructive-broken-windows-policing/

Identity and personal data will be vital aspects of living in the future, says will.i.am, a musician and entrepreneur
— Read on amp.economist.com/open-future/2019/01/21/we-need-to-own-our-data-as-a-human-right-and-be-compensated-for-it