<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Brentin Mock - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brentin Mock is a writer and editor for CityLab in Atlanta, focused on issues of racial equity, economic inequities, and environment/climate justice.
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUc4eA3E_fk/brentin-mock.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How Tulsa’s Mayor Pushed Through Racial Justice Compensation]]></title><description><![CDATA[The city’s first Black mayor talks about plans to compensate victims of the destructive Tulsa Race Massacre more than 100 years later.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-05/tulsa-mayor-finds-bipartisan-path-to-compensate-black-wall-street-victims</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-05/tulsa-mayor-finds-bipartisan-path-to-compensate-black-wall-street-victims</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:31:18 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iigs0H3B4v_k/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iigs0H3B4v_k/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols Photographer: Joey Johnson/AP Photo</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Leader for Black Architects Imagines a Future After Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[The president of the National Organization of Minority Architects talks about how he’s protecting his members now, and preparing to build new racial justice infrastructure later. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-02/national-organization-of-minority-architects-president-combats-anti-dei-message</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-02/national-organization-of-minority-architects-president-combats-anti-dei-message</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 14:00:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJE87n6ezXFI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJE87n6ezXFI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Bryan C. Lee Jr., the president of the National Organization of Minority Architects, is standing by his racial justice vision for design. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Racial Wealth Gap Is Not Just About Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book measures Black wealth through quality-of-life metrics to show that property ownership is connected to longer life expectancy.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/new-book-quantifies-the-cost-to-black-lives-of-a-quality-of-life-gap</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-21/new-book-quantifies-the-cost-to-black-lives-of-a-quality-of-life-gap</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:05:36 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUVPCI2EMmgg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUVPCI2EMmgg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>In Black Power Scorecard, Andre Perry highlights effective local policies to invest in Black communities.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saving the Signature Sound of Washington, DC]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new museum dedicated to Go-Go music comes with a message for both gentrifiers and lawmakers: #Don’tMuteDC]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-13/washington-dc-go-go-museum-preserves-the-city-s-black-music-and-culture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-13/washington-dc-go-go-museum-preserves-the-city-s-black-music-and-culture</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:24:10 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iIhURSdd1okI/v4/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iIhURSdd1okI/v4/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Anwan “Big G” Glover, musical director of the Go-Go Museum and Cafe and lead vocalist for the Backyard Band, performs at the “For the Love of Go-Go” event at The Kennedy Center on Feb. 14.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate Change’s Invisible Toll on the Built Environment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also today: How Kyiv became a leader in digital services, and Saudi Arabia’s next giga project is a gigantic cube.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-21/climate-change-s-invisible-toll-on-the-built-environment-citylab-daily</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-21/climate-change-s-invisible-toll-on-the-built-environment-citylab-daily</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 17:23:56 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFvx_oySZ1RE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFvx_oySZ1RE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Mohamed Benyahia, president of the association &quot;Emergency Cracked Houses Sarthe&quot; poses in front of his cracked house which stands by the help of metal props sealed to a concrete screed, in La Trugalle, near Le Mans, western France, on May, 15, 2023. Millions of French people are vulnerable to the so-called risk of &quot;shrinkage-swelling of clays&quot; which is set to worsen with global warming. A threat to more than 10 million individual houses, or one in two houses built on the soil classified as medium or high risk. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP) (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP via Getty Images) Photographer: JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[World’s Most Progressive Drug Experiment Prompts Backlash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also today: A broken oil pipeline brings chaos to South Sudan’s capital, and the climate risk to aging US infrastructure.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-18/drug-decriminalizationin-british-columbia-prompts-backlash-citylab-daily</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-18/drug-decriminalizationin-british-columbia-prompts-backlash-citylab-daily</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 17:58:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHyoCu84JqaY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHyoCu84JqaY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The skyline of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Photographer: Ethan Cairns/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mexico City’s Cablebus Halved Some Commute Times]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also today: San Francisco to shut 9% of public schools, and how 'rapid intensification' makes hurricanes even stronger.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-10/the-world-s-longest-public-gondola-shows-its-worth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-10/the-world-s-longest-public-gondola-shows-its-worth</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:40:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBVo7BQES9ZA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBVo7BQES9ZA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Cable cars travel on the Cablebus Line 1 transportation system in Mexico City, Mexico, on Monday, July 19, 2021. It takes 33 minutes to travel the length of the Cablebus Line 1, which has the capacity to transport 144,000 people daily, according to Mexico News Daily. Photographer: Cesar Rodriguez/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida’s Double Hurricanes Expose Limit of Federal Flood Maps]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also today: The first museum survey of modernist architect Paul Rudolph, and school turmoil worsens Chicago’s budget strains. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-09/hurricanes-helene-milton-expose-limits-of-fema-flood-maps-citylab-daily</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-09/hurricanes-helene-milton-expose-limits-of-fema-flood-maps-citylab-daily</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:31:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUQ0apx8UBLA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUQ0apx8UBLA/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>SWANNANOA, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 06: An aerial view shows people walking past a destroyed church in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene flooding on October 6, 2024 in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Rescue and recovery efforts continue as the death toll has risen to over 230 in what is now the deadliest U.S. mainland hurricane since Katrina. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Photographer: Mario Tama/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Aren’t Evictions Banned During Hurricanes, Climate Disasters?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Also today: Flood-proof fences to face a major test in Tampa, and grappling with urban heat stress in South Africa’s shantytowns.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-08/the-push-for-hurricane-disaster-triggered-eviction-bans-citylab-daily</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-08/the-push-for-hurricane-disaster-triggered-eviction-bans-citylab-daily</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 18:01:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isPtqmY4yj94/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isPtqmY4yj94/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>TREASURE ISLAND, FL - OCTOBER 5: Damaged belongings outside an apartment building on October 5, 2024 after storm surge from Hurricane Helene affected Treasure Island, Fla. (Photo by Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Photographer: The Washington Post/The Washington Post</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Graffiti Can Be a Neighborhood Asset, If Cities Embrace It]]></title><description><![CDATA[As graffiti morphs from real estate blight to urban amenity, Atlanta’s style writers are driving forces in a conversation about public art.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-06-01/atlanta-graffiti-artists-work-with-beltline-to-preserve-sanctioned-public-space</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-06-01/atlanta-graffiti-artists-work-with-beltline-to-preserve-sanctioned-public-space</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2024 13:15:18 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFwPzYocbF7I/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFwPzYocbF7I/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Krog Street Tunnel has become a safe space for anyone with a spray can. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black-Owned Autonomous Grocer Goes Where Other Stores Aren’t]]></title><description><![CDATA[The owners of Atlanta’s Nourish + Bloom are doubling down on their mission to tackle food deserts after ‘Shark Tank’ investors declined to fund them.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-01/atlanta-cashierless-grocery-owners-pitch-shark-tank-on-amazon-go-alternative</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-01/atlanta-cashierless-grocery-owners-pitch-shark-tank-on-amazon-go-alternative</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:15:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSnMEE48F9KQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSnMEE48F9KQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Jilea and Jamie Hemmings pitched their idea for small footprint grocery stores with automated checkout on “Shark Tank”.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Court Ruling Could Set Back ‘Decades of Work’ in Polluted Black Communities]]></title><description><![CDATA[The US Environmental Protection Agency has been blocked from investigating racial disparities in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley,” in a decision with broad civil rights implications. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-06/court-decision-blocks-epa-action-in-louisiana-s-cancer-alley</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-06/court-decision-blocks-epa-action-in-louisiana-s-cancer-alley</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:30:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1Slw_dK4uEk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1Slw_dK4uEk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Smoke billows from chemical plants in “Cancer Alley” along the Mississippi River in Louisiana. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Los Angeles Returned Land to a Black Family. Was It Reparations?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The lawyer representing the heirs of Willa and Charles Bruce — owners of Bruce’s Beach resort — says current laws fail to provide a remedy for property that was unlawfully seized from Black owners decades ago.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-15/where-bruce-s-beach-fits-into-the-debate-on-reparations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-15/where-bruce-s-beach-fits-into-the-debate-on-reparations</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:30:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJs7eGk9wPxc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJs7eGk9wPxc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A monument at Bruce’s Beach Park acknowledges and condemns the historical injustices of Bruce&apos;s Beach at 26th Street and Highland Avenue, in Manhattan Beach, California. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Asheville Pursues Reparations, North Carolina Seeks Silence]]></title><description><![CDATA[State legislation is seeking to impose limits on discussions of racism in North Carolina, even as one city ramps up its effort to compensate Black residents.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-01/north-carolina-anti-dei-law-casts-pall-over-asheville-reparations-plan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-01/north-carolina-anti-dei-law-casts-pall-over-asheville-reparations-plan</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:11:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNa4swK0bb4Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iNa4swK0bb4Q/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The intersection of Market and Eagle streets, where Black Asheville’s cultural and financial center once stood before it was razed during urban renewal policies. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Neighbors Have No Voting Rights to Stop It]]></title><description><![CDATA[As protest continues over a controversial police training center, the communities most affected by the location have the least political power. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-04/-cop-city-referendum-aims-to-repeal-planned-atlanta-police-training-center</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-04/-cop-city-referendum-aims-to-repeal-planned-atlanta-police-training-center</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:01:20 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMCtE7liPAm4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMCtE7liPAm4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A yard sign on a home close to the proposed site for Atlanta’s Public Safety Training Center reflects some neighbors’ sentiments.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[On 50th Anniversary, Hip Hop Rises Again in the Bronx]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Universal Hip Hop Museum is poised to bring an economic and cultural infusion to the borough where the genre was born and bred.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-08-11/hip-hop-50th-anniversary-brings-renaissance-to-the-bronx</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-08-11/hip-hop-50th-anniversary-brings-renaissance-to-the-bronx</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 14:35:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itXtoL1VKxBc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itXtoL1VKxBc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A view of the Universal Hip Hop Museum, currently under construction.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Legacy of a Bed-Stuy Black Utopia]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Sun Rises in the East documentary, now streaming on Amazon, unearths the story of a 1970s Brooklyn community that spurred the borough’s Black solidarity culture.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-08/-the-sun-rises-in-the-east-traces-roots-of-black-solidarity-to-brooklyn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-08/-the-sun-rises-in-the-east-traces-roots-of-black-solidarity-to-brooklyn</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:00:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAWl3yagSx0o/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAWl3yagSx0o/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Students pose outside of the Uhuru Sasa Shule school, part of The East movement. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Case Against Local Reparations]]></title><description><![CDATA[As city and state programs pop up to compensate Black Americans for past harms, two experts are calling the idea of local reparations “an oxymoron.”]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-12/the-case-against-reparations-in-evanston-asheville-and-california</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-12/the-case-against-reparations-in-evanston-asheville-and-california</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 14:26:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.E7ZR3NJByg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.E7ZR3NJByg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Tulsa, OK - September 9: Black Wall Street survivor Viola Ford Fletcher, center, and her great-grandson son Ike Howard talk with visitors in the historic Greenwood District. (Photo by Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reforms to Home Appraisal Bias Target Algorithms and Tech]]></title><description><![CDATA[To tackle racial disparities, new White House initiatives are focused on regulating home valuation algorithms and diversifying the appraisal industry. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-12/biden-wants-to-regulate-home-appraisal-algorithms-to-reduce-bias</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-12/biden-wants-to-regulate-home-appraisal-algorithms-to-reduce-bias</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:12:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/in8LVwfMy.vY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/in8LVwfMy.vY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about the Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) report in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The PAVE task force today released an action plan that represents wide-ranging sets of reforms to advance equity in the home appraisal process the White House announced.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Really Caused the Destruction of Tulsa’s ‘Black Wall Street’]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new book looks beyond the Tulsa race massacre to understand the demise of the historic Greenwood neighborhood, once known as a hub for Black wealth. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-30/in-built-from-the-fire-victor-luckerson-explores-tulsa-race-massacre-aftermath</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-30/in-built-from-the-fire-victor-luckerson-explores-tulsa-race-massacre-aftermath</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brentin Mock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2023 16:00:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCn8N7bpQX.Y/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCn8N7bpQX.Y/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A view of Greenwood Avenue before it was destroyed in the 1921 race massacre. </media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>