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Facebook Announces Plans to Stop Discrimination in Housing, Employment, and Credit Advertising

The company announced Tuesday that it would stop allowing advertisers of housing, jobs, and credit to target people based on characteristics such as race, gender, age, national origin, family status, and disability.

Kelley Czajka

Christmas lights are displayed on a house on December 1st, 2008, in Melksham, England.

Social Justice

Inside an Idaho Homeowners Association’s Frosty War Over One Resident’s Lurid Christmas Pageant

A federal jury awarded $75,000 to a couple after their homeowners association tried to prevent them from putting on a week-long Christmas extravaganza. It's a rare loss for homeowners associations, which usually have a broad authority for Grinchiness.

Jack Denton

News in Brief

HUD Accuses Facebook of Housing Discrimination

HUD's complaint alleges that, by allowing landlords and sellers to choose who sees their ads, the social media platform is fostering housing discrimination.

Rebecca Worby

Social Justice

David Simon on His New HBO Miniseries, ‘Show Me a Hero’

The Wire creator and former Baltimore Sun reporter talks about a historic public housing fight, race, and what makes white people go “batshit, batshit crazy.”

Marcelo Rochabrun

Economics

One of the Biggest Banks in the Country Is Being Sued for Racial Discrimination

An unusual lawsuit against M&T Bank draws on secret videotapes and recordings to argue that the bank’s loan officers discriminated against blacks, Latinos, and Asians who applied for mortgages.

Nikole Hannah-Jones

News in Brief

Is the Federal Government Finally Going to Do Something About Housing Discrimination?

After decades of inaction, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has begun to move against two localities for allegedly violating the Fair Housing Act.

Nikole Hannah-Jones