Fairness In Foreclosures
Legislation would restore sanity to the judicially broken statute of limitations Buffalo News Editorial Staff December 23, 2022 Read the full article here Buffalo News
RIGHT 2 THE CITY Blog
An Intimate Look at the Life of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat is one of a handful of late-20th-century artists with near-universal name recognition. David Kaufman September 26, 2022 Read the full article here Life and Money
Wealth Building Won’t Work While Wealth Extraction Continues
Typical approaches to closing the racial wealth gap focus on ways to help Black households build wealth. But for that to stick, we must also stop siphoning their wealth away. Jeremie Greer February 14,...
Top Heavy: Countries by Share of the Global Economy
The majority of global economic activity comes from just a handful of countries, with the U.S., China, Japan, Germany, and India making up the top five. Avery Koop December 29, 2022 Read the full...
“My City’s So White, I Moved”
“Gentrification is a child stealing the toy they said they never wanted to play with.” Brandon Duong September 7, 2022 Read the full article here Shelterforce
The Racists Next Door: Black Homebuyers Face Discrimination After Purchasing, Too
The danger of unwelcoming neighbors should not be underestimated. Thalia Giraldo November 18, 2022 Read the full article here Shelterforce
The Long History of Residential Segregation in Buffalo
Buffalo is one of the most segregated urban centers in the United States, and the high concentration of Black people on the East Side is what attracted a racist killer to the “City of Good Neighbors”...
Black leaders on Buffalo’s East Side are building markets to address food insecurity
The historic Fruit Belt neighborhood on Buffalo’s East Side, with its Grape, Peach and Lemon streets, was once thriving. Yet now, in place of the orchards that once gave the area its name, there...
Black Politics Beyond The 2022 Midterm Elections: An Interview With Dr. Ron Daniels
President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), Dr. Ron Daniels, met with The Hilltop to discuss national and world politics, the importance of African Americans engaging in political affairs, the...
How Tax Assessments in a Supposedly Progressive County Are Reinforcing Racism
Buncombe County in North Carolina was one of the first places in the U.S. to support reparations for Black residents. So why is the county not doing a better job of addressing property tax...