Race Matters
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Detroit Still Hasn’t Paid Wrongly Foreclosed Black Homeowners
The city overly taxed residents, leading thousands to lose homes
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3 Black Churches In Louisiana Are Being Rebuilt After 2019 Arson
The historical institutions are starting the process of reconstruction after being torched during hate crime
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Biden Administration Appoints ‘Racial Equity Czar’ To Join HUD
Adjoa B. Asamoah is the only Black woman advising a Cabinet Secretary on Racial Equity
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California Task Force on Reparations Votes to Limit Compensation to Descendants of Slaves [UPDATED]
State compensation will only go to descendants of free and enslaved Black people in the U.S. in the 19th century.
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246 Years Later, Lynching Is Finally A Federal Hate Crime
President Joe Biden signs anti-lynching act named for slain Emmett Till.
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Black Candidates More Likely to be Dismissed from Maryland National Guard School
About 40 percent of Black candidates were dismissed from Maryland Army National Guard’s Officer Candidate School.