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Public Policy Forum on The Color of Law, May 16, 2018

Posted on April 16, 2018 by lindaoppenheim

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On Wednesday, May 16, 2018, Monarch Housing Associates in partnership with Seton Hall University Law School, the Anti-Poverty Network of NJ, and NJ Institute for Social Justice will host a Public Policy Forum on The Color of Law. For more information click here. SPEAKER The Public Policy…

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Category: Conference, Events Tags: Anti-Poverty Network of NJ, government, housing, law, Monarch Housing Associates, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Richard Rothstein, segregation, Seton Hall University Law School

A ‘Forgotten History’ Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America

Posted on May 3, 2017 by lindaoppenheim

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Terry Gross interviews Richard Rothstein, whose new book, The Color of Law, examines the local, state and federal housing policies that mandated segregation.

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Category: interview Tags: FHA, Fresh Air, government, housing, redlining, Richard Rothstein, segregation, Terry Gross

The Making of Ferguson: Public Policies at the Root of its Troubles

Posted on November 27, 2014 by lindaoppenheim

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Richard Rothstein, from the Economic Policy Institute, expands on the conventional explanation of the segregation in towns like Ferguson. “A more powerful cause of metropolitan segregation in St. Louis and nationwide has been the explicit intents of federal, state, and…

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Category: Article Tags: blockingbusting, Economic Policy Institute, Ferguson, FHA, public policy, redlining, restrictive covenants, Richard Rothstein, segregation, St. Louis, suburbs, sundown town, white flight, zoning