Brentin Mock

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s first-ever release of data on home appraisals confirms that home values in white neighborhoods have risen more than those in communities of color.

Canada legalized cannabis in 2018, but it has been slow to suspend possession convictions.

Artist Harrison K. Smith’s project on racial bias in home appraisals has gotten the attention of a Pittsburgh fair housing group and the federal government.

A study from the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, known as Freddie Mac, adds to a growing body of research that finds racism in the appraisal industry is undervaluing the homes of Black and Latino Americans compared to white-owned homes.

“Show, don’t tell,” has always been a guiding rule for writers. Now it’s also the advice being given to home appraisers as the industry comes to terms with its own biases.

The neighborhood attacked in the Tulsa Race Massacre was known as a Black intellectual and financial mecca. Women were a little-known part of its success.

A bid to take down Pittsburgh’s Christopher Columbus statue is emblematic of the procedural muck that can stall monument campaigns.

What’s happening at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — the uprising caused by a decision to ban two Black journalists on staff, Alexis Johnson and Michael Santiago,...

Baltimore officials accepted a voluntary settlement to reduce police abuses. Jeff Sessions wants to kill it.

The black history icons I learned about as a child were larger-than-life—and they prepared me to grapple with America’s racial past.

The HBO miniseries’ tragic final act concludes with residents moving into their new homes.