Today's urban inequality goes far beyond legacy of 'redlining,' study shows
The use of racially discriminatory housing maps in the 1930s, a practice known as "redlining," perpetuated multigenerational cycles of poverty and segregation that continue today. While redlining shaped cities, its legacy does not fully explain current urban patterns of privilege and disadvantage, a new study finds.
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TIL that Frank Shackleton, the brother of famous polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, was one of the men accused of stealing the Irish Crown Jewels in 1907, a theft which has never been solved.
