In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) under his New Deal. The intention was to provide homeowners mortgage relief to prevent foreclosure, expanding opportunities to purchase homes. However, in practice, the HOLC and Federal Housing Administration (FHA) would work together to segregate cities across America, devastating urban communities to […]
Author: Thomas Lu
When Words Kill: The Rise in Political Violence
On September 10th, 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot fatally during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Tyler Robinson, the suspected shooter, was arrested two days later. Just three months prior, on June 14, 2025, Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman was assassinated in a shooting at her home alongside her husband. […]