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A homeless Iowa mom of 2 is struggling to find a landlord who will accept her housing voucher before it expires. The state is making it harder by allowing landlords to discriminate against her.
Iowa law allows landlords to reject voucher holders just because they use a voucher. This kind of h…
Eliza Relman
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The real Trump is back. It could cost him the White House.
Donald Trump has reverted to form by spreading the lie that Kamala Harris isn't really Black.
Brent D. Griffiths
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JD Vance says deporting 20 million people is part of the solution to high housing costs
In an interview with Business Insider last year, Vance blamed high housing costs largely on high in…
Eliza Relman
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GOP House candidate declared himself a 'homophobe' as college student body president
Kevin Coughlin, now running for a swing seat in Ohio, said he was simply criticizing discrimination…
Bryan Metzger
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Nearly 90% of House Republicans voted to restore a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
Last year, the memorial was removed from Arlington Cemetery as part of a push to rethink military i…
John L. Dorman
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Meta promises the DOJ it will build a new ad-targeting algorithm that doesn't discriminate against people
The DOJ said if Meta doesn't build a new, non-discriminatory ad-targeting tool by December 31 it wi…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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New York City briefly opened its housing voucher waitlist. But getting that assistance is as unlikely as getting into Harvard.
When New York City briefly opened its housing voucher waitlist for the first time in 15 years, more…
Eliza Relman
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A safe house in Poland offers LGBTQ Ukrainians sanctuary from Russian bombs
Most of the 3.9 million people who have fled Ukraine have poured into Poland, but the country is co…
Emine Ziyatdinova
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These 70 House Democrats and 21 Republicans voted against a bill to crack down on antisemitism on college campuses
Progressives opposed the bill because it would require the government to use a definition of antise…
Bryan Metzger
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How to know when you're being discriminated against while trying to buy a house
Watch out for coded language when house hunting. Phrases like "a different neighborhood might be a …
Taylor Borden
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A Black real estate agent wanted to show a house to Black clients. They ended up handcuffed at gunpoint.
Roy Thorne, who police handcuffed along with his 15-year-old son after a neighbor saw a "home invas…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden set to welcome K-pop group BTS to White House to 'address anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination'
The Korean boy band will visit the White House on Tuesday, May 31 at the tail-end of AANHPI Heritag…
Bryan Metzger
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Housing segregation is still happening decades after redlining was ruled illegal, Biden's CFPB says
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found evidence of redlining, along with "racist and deroga…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Women and tenants of color grapple with higher rates of eviction. Access to a lawyer can boost success rates in housing court by 70%.
Much of today's housing inequities stem a historical exclusion from property ownership in America -…
Yoonji Han
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Black author told to stay in his 'hood' says he's gotten death threats. Does gentrification put lives at risk?
A Black author told in a viral video to go back to his hood at a Brooklyn dog park says gentrificat…
Gwen Aviles
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A Black homeowner had her white friend represent her during an appraisal. The value of her home shot up by $149,000.
The Indianapolis Star found a Black homeowner's home value shot up when a white friend stepped in. …
Ayelet Sheffey
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A bill banning height and weight discrimination appears poised to pass in NYC
A New York City bill would outlaw discrimination based on a person's weight or height in jobs, hous…
Katie Balevic
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Meta wasn't showing the elderly and women the same housing ads as everyone else. It now says its new ad-targeting algorithm won't discriminate.
A recent settlement is the first time that Meta has been held accountable by the federal government…