Kept Out
Back on the bus: A civil rights struggle rolls on
For people of color, banks are shutting the door to homeownership. Philadelphia’s transit agency has been fighting to keep this story off the streets.
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
America's Ring of Fire
The smoke’s gone, but hearts and lungs still may be in danger months after wildfires
An increase in ER visits three months after a large California fire raises questions about long-term health effects of blazes raging across the West.
Kept Out
We exposed modern-day redlining in 61 cities. Find out what’s happened since
Proposed legislation in D.C., investigations from state attorneys general and down payment assistance in Philadelphia are among the developments.
Housing
Sen. Warren’s new bill is designed to combat modern-day redlining
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveiled a bill that one advocate said would be the first law since 1968 “to redress a century of housing discrimination.”
America's Ring of Fire
More to the story: Redlining, wildfires and Trump’s mansion
There’s always more to the story on Reveal. This week, we look at the impact three shows have made since they first ran.
Housing
Warren Buffett’s mortgage companies set up to cater to white clients
Legal experts say Berkshire Hathaway’s mortgage companies are carrying out the very practices outlawed by the Fair Housing Act.
Housing
Warren calls out ‘disturbing pattern’ of fair housing changes
The Democratic senator says officials are rolling back anti-discrimination protections for people of color in the face of modern-day redlining.
Housing
Chase announces major expansion in DC
The biggest bank in America announced a major expansion into the nation’s capital, promising to open 70 new branches.
Housing
The Fair Housing Act’s unkept promises
Today, the homeownership gap between black people and white people is greater than it was when segregation and discrimination were legal.
Housing
Does the Treasury plan to modernize anti-blight laws stack up?
Here’s what the Treasury Department’s changes would do, and wouldn’t, toward solving four major problems we have outlined in our investigation.