CINCINNATI (WKRC) - As the Jim Crow era in the South took hold in the early 1900s, segregation in the North began – and what Black people tried to escape – being treated differently because of the ...

Mark Wilson was working in the yard outside the renovated Victorian-style house he had recently purchased in Evanston when a group of curious Black kids rode up to him on their bicycles. “They came up ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Urban Heat Island Effect is what causes the city of Cincinnati to be warmer than surrounding suburban or rural areas. But some neighborhoods are significantly warmer than ...

CINCINNATI — Behind a quiet storefront on California Avenue, Seaonta Stewart is building a legacy. "I've got two kids," Stewart said. "I'm definitely trying to leave something where they can help ...

This week on Hear Cincinnati, host Brian Niesz is joined by community reporter Lucy May, podcaster Scott Kyser and senior manager of enterprise and investigative reporting Meghan Wesley to discuss a ...

How can we address racial disparities in real estate? One meaningful step is to voice your opposition to proposed rule changes that would undermine the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The CRA was ...

What if the race of your neighbors determined whether you could get a loan to buy or renovate a house? Just decades ago, that was the reality in many communities thanks to policies set by private ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a $9 million settlement with two Cincinnati, Ohio banks accused of redlining, or denying mortgage loans to residents of mostly black neighborhoods. Sign up ...

A bill moving through the Iowa Legislature would waive some property taxes for homeowners who make improvements in neighborhoods that deteriorated after redlining — a 1930s government policy that cut ...