Abstract Following the Great Depression and related home foreclosures, the federal
government established new agencies to facilitate access to affordable home mortgages …

Background Redlining was a racialized zoning practice in the US that blocked fair access to
home loans during the 1930s, and recent research is illuminating health problems in the …

Abstract African American/Black individuals have a disproportionate cancer burden,
including the highest mortality and the lowest survival of any racial/ethnic group for most …

Communities of color in the United States are systematically exposed to higher levels of air
pollution. We explore here how redlining, a discriminatory mortgage appraisal practice from …

In the 1930s, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) graded the mortgage security of
urban US neighborhoods. In doing so, the HOLC engaged in the practice, imbued with …

Objective Unhealthy food environments are disproportionally concentrated in
neighborhoods with clustering of racial/ethnic minorities and poverty. This disparity has …

Understanding how systemic biases influence local ecological communities is essential for
developing just and equitable environmental practices that prioritize both human and wildlife …

We are facing interwoven global threats to public health and ecosystem function that reveal
the intrinsic connections between human and wildlife health. These challenges are …

Objectives To identify the most pervasive environmental exposures driving environmental
disparities today associated with historical redlining in Detroit. Methods We overlaid Detroit's …

Humans promote and inhibit other species on the urban landscape, shaping biodiversity
patterns. Institutional racism may underlie the distribution of urban species by creating …