Economics

Explore North America's crude oil pipelines and refineries across the U.S. and Canada in our interactive map.

We map the state of global democracy, as the Democracy Index hits its lowest point since the inception of the index in 2006.

Shortages of the condiment in France lead to suspicion and rumor, illustrating a timeless human tendency.

All stores have marketing tactics to get you in the door — stylish mannequins, elaborate display windows, posters screaming about all the discounts you can find inside.

A plan to remove Interstate 375 will not bring back the rich history lost when the area was razed to make way for the new road running through the center of ...

We're taking a look at the history of the structure known as the 8 Mile Wall or the Birwood Wall.

In 1941, a developer in Detroit built the Birwood Wall, a barrier meant to separate Black residents from white residents. Eighty years later, it’s now believ...

A discussion and look back (or over) a wall built by developer in the 1940's to separate black and white residents.

Part of a series about labor, violence, and race relations during the pre- and post-war era.

Scholars have always placed two New Deal era federal agencies at the center of the racist policy that steered private mortgage lenders away from Black neighborhoods. However, new research paints a different picture.

In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act that made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are...

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland provides daily “nowcasts” of inflation for two popular price indexes, the price index for personal consumption expenditures (PCE) and the consumer price index (CPI). These nowcasts give a sense of where inflation is today. Released each business day.

How do companies like Amazon and Apple consistently make game-changing products? Here are 10 types of innovation, and the tactics that lead to big breakthroughs.

By: Emily Vecchioni Recent efforts to promote the rich cultural heritage of African Americans in Detroit reflect the healing of decades of targeting African American neighborhoods, such as the Black Bottom.

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Author Richard Rothstein says the housing programs begun under the New Deal were tantamount to a "state-sponsored system of segregation," in which people of color were purposely excluded from suburbs.

Eighty years after a segregation wall rose in Detroit, America remains divided. That’s not an accident.

Generating a robust economic recovery that facilitates inclusive prosperity, redresses past harms, and advances national climate goals will require reforming federal infrastructure programs, which were not originally designed to meet these objectives.

Segregation in 1970 Just after the 1967 riots, there were still large parts of west and east Detroit that were nearly all white, the vestiges of the housing patterns that were cemented by federal housing policy and local real estate...

Redlining: the racist housing policy from the Jim Crow era that still affects us today.Watch an all-new @Adam Ruins Everything on truTV every Tuesday 10/9C! ...

Image transcription: A History of Racist Federal Housing Policies La-Brina Almeida, Policy Analyst 1933 The Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) was established to assist homeowners who were in default on their mortgages and in foreclosure. HOLC created “Residential Security” maps, which documented how various professionals evaluated mortgage lending risk, systematically grading neighborhoods. The grading included … A History of Racist Federal Housing Policies Read More »

Redlining in New Deal America

There is a clear correlation between trust in government and trust in public institutions, but a few countries buck the trend.