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Reveal submits testimony to Congress
Senior reporter Aaron Glantz shares the findings of Reveal’s investigation into modern-day redlining with the House Financial Services Committee.
Staff
Biography
Aaron Glantz is a senior reporter at Reveal and the author of "Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream." Glantz produces journalism with impact. His work has sparked more than a dozen congressional hearings, numerous laws and criminal probes by the Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, Pentagon and Federal Trade Commission. A two-time Peabody Award winner, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, multiple Emmy Award nominee and former John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University, Glantz has had his work has appear in The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America and PBS NewsHour. His previous books include "The War Comes Home" and "How America Lost Iraq." He is based in Reveal’s Emeryville, California office.
Articles
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Unmasking the secret landlords buying up America
Government data on anonymous shell companies buying homes with cash should be shared with the public.
Education
University of Phoenix settles for record $191 million on charges of deceptive advertising
The for-profit school must cancel $141 million in student debt.
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Homewreckers
After the housing bust, these men destroyed the American dream of homeownership. Learn how the Homewreckers did it and meet a woman who fought back.
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Can algorithms be racist? Trump’s housing department says no
A new HUD rule would make it difficult for banks to be sued when their algorithms result in people of color being disproportionately denied housing.
Hate
Hate is all around you
In the second part of Reveal’s series about hate, we look at how racism and white supremacy are institutionalized in America.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moves to limit home loan data
The Trump administration intends to roll back Obama-era rules that dramatically expanded public access to home mortgage data.
The Trump Era
Congressman wants answers on closure of FBI war crimes unit
California Rep. Ted Lieu is demanding answers from the FBI for dismantling a special unit that investigates war crimes.
The red line: Racial disparities in lending
In dozens of cities across the country, lenders are more likely to deny mortgage loans to applicants of color than white ones.
Accountability
FBI is dismantling its war crimes unit
The special unit has its roots in federal efforts to hunt Nazis living in the United States after World War II.