What high mortgage rates means for Black homeownership
While Black homeownership climbed early in the pandemic, the rise in mortgage rates could stall progress. Then, a mysterious mold is linked to a boom in whiskey production.
More buyers are turning to newly constructed homes as fewer owners of existing homes choose to sell.
Black homeownership climbed early in the pandemic. Is progress stalling?
by Matt Levin
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Higher mortgage rates could disproportionately hurt Black homebuyers.
Water contamination in Black communities doesn’t stop at Flint or Jackson
by Kimberly Adams and Sarah Leeson
Courtesy Adam Mahoney
“When I was traveling throughout the South, I visited 11 cities. Every single city had water problems, had a water boil notice within the last year, or had reported having brown water trickling through their faucets,” said reporter Adam Mahoney.
On Juneteenth, this small business owner makes space for big conversations
by Sarah Leeson
Courtesy @kingnoir31
“As a Black business owner, often I’m asked to share a little bit about my story, or my journey, or my background. And so I get to facilitate conversations around these things while making candles,” said Colina Bruce of Noir Lux Candle Co.
The whiskey drinking boom is causing a “whiskey fungus” boom
by Caroline Eggers
Caroline Eggers/Nashville Public Radio
The mysterious mold is spreading in a rural Tennessee town near the expanding Jack Daniel’s operation.
Coffee nears a crisis point
The U.S. is the second-largest importer of coffee, but the climate crisis is damaging farmers’ coffee crops. The BBC’s Katie Barnfield looks at how a tougher type of coffee bean could replace the traditional arabica.
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