Segregation

Evanston Approves Reparations For a History of Housing Discrimination Against Blacks Funded by Marijuana Sales

By Candy Evans / March 31, 2021 /

In a worth-watching, first-of-its-kind move, Evanston, Ill., will try to offset years of discriminatory housing policies and practices by making reparations available to eligible Black city residents. The unique program in the north shore Chicago suburb home to Northwestern University is believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S. and could be…

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The Question Nobody (Except Us) Is Asking Candidates

By Bethany Erickson / June 2, 2019 /
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Nobody (at least, media-wise) is asking, but we did. And from the candidates who responded to our questionnaires we sent out a few months ago, we know where many of them stand on an ordinance that is allowing the slow death-by-demolition of one of the country’s few remaining intact Freedman’s towns — the Tenth Street…

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Positive News, For Once, in Tenth Street Historic District

By Bethany Erickson / May 30, 2019 /

Although the demolitions continue unabated in the centuries-old Freedmen’s town, residents in the Tenth Street Historic District got at least a little bit of good news Thursday morning as they gathered in one of the many vacant — yet freshly mowed — lots for an announcement. It’s an area that hasn’t seen a lot of great…

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Tenth Street Lawsuit: Dallas Has “History of Enforcing Segregation” By Ordinance

By Bethany Erickson / February 24, 2019 /
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Editor’s Note: Preserving the historic neighborhoods that have shaped Dallas should be a priority. But despite historic district designations, Black neighborhoods that were home to Dallasites before, during, and after redlining are seeing a troubling amount of demolitions of homes that, residents insist, would be saved if in other historic districts — predominately white historic…

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Supreme Court Rules Dallas Low-Income Housing Program Created De-Facto Segregation

By Joanna England / June 25, 2015 /

The Supreme Court made a long-awaited ruling on whether tax subsidies for low-income housing in Dallas created segregated neighborhoods. The Texas Tribune has the most detailed report on the ruling, in which the high court ruled 5 – 4 against the state of Texas. Under the Low-Income Tax Credit program, run by the Texas Department…

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