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Talking Headways: A Streetsblog PodcastEpisode 530: Just Action Under the Color of LawThis week we’re joined by Leah Rothstein to chat about her book she wrote with her father Richard entitled Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. We discuss building wealth and ideas for building more equitable housing policies as well as convincing people why they are important. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire B...2025-04-2442 min
Off the Shelf with Delaware LibraryOff the Shelf Radio Show - March 21, 2025Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers-LaBadie and guest Kelsey Fox, , President of the Delaware County Housing Alliance and Director of Housing and Community Solutions at the United Way of Delaware County.
This week we chat about the Delaware Community Conversations: Meaningful Movies series at the Strand Theater and, of course, what we're reading!
Recommendations include The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, Assistant to the Villian by Hannah Nicole Maeher, Just Action by Richard and Leah Rothstein, and Wonderbooks! Read more about today's episode her...2025-03-2427 min
WGTD's The Morning Show with Greg Berg2/28/25 Richard Rothstein: "Just Action"We speak with Richard Rothstein about the book he co-authored with his daughter Leah Rothstein .... "Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law." The book examines the phenomenon of residential segregation - in which Blacks and Whites in America tend to live apart from one another despite all of the breakthroughs made during the Civil Rights Era - the reasons for it and the consequences of it. The author also talks about his concerns about using the terms 'racist' and 'racism.' Rothstein is responsible for an earlier book titled "The Color of Law." 2025-02-2848 min
American Planning AssociationBuilding Community and Purpose: Leah Rothstein on Just ActionIn this special NPC25 episode of the APA podcast, host Michael Brown, AICP, conference committee chair for NPC25, engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Leah Rothstein. Leah is co-author along with her father, Richard Rothstein, on the book Just Action, and has specialized in community development and affordable housing policy, practice, and finance throughout her career. Leah delves into the challenges in addressing critical issues surrounding race, housing, and community equity, emphasizing the importance of building relationships, engaging in service, and finding purpose. As a keynote speaker at the 2025 National Planning Conference (NPC 25), Leah offers a sneak peek into...2025-02-2827 min
Quality of Life RadioLeah Rothstein - Author, Community Organizer, Housing Program ExpertIn observance of World Social Justice Day, this episode of Big Blend Radio features Leah Rothstein, a veteran community organizer, local housing program expert, and co-author of "Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law" (Liveright: June 2023), which will be released in paperback on March 4, 2025.
In 2017 Richard Rothstein wrote "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America." The book has sold more than 1 million copies and started a revolution in the housing industry by explaining America’s troubled housing situation.
Newly educated and informed communities across the...2025-02-1932 min
Rants, Raves & Rock ’n RollLeah Rothstein - Author, Community Organizer, Housing Program ExpertIn observance of World Social Justice Day, this episode of Big Blend Radio features Leah Rothstein, a veteran community organizer, local housing program expert, and co-author of "Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law" (Liveright: June 2023), which will be released in paperback on March 4, 2025.
In 2017 Richard Rothstein wrote "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America." The book has sold more than 1 million copies and started a revolution in the housing industry by explaining America’s troubled housing situation.
Newly educated and informed communities across the...2025-02-1932 min
Garden GossipLeah Rothstein - Author, Community Organizer, Housing Program ExpertIn observance of World Social Justice Day, this episode of Big Blend Radio features Leah Rothstein, a veteran community organizer, local housing program expert, and co-author of "Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law" (Liveright: June 2023), which will be released in paperback on March 4, 2025.
In 2017 Richard Rothstein wrote "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America." The book has sold more than 1 million copies and started a revolution in the housing industry by explaining America’s troubled housing situation.
Newly educated and informed communities across the...2025-02-1932 min
Big Blend RadioLeah Rothstein - Co-Author of Just ActionIn observance of World Social Justice Day, this episode of Big Blend Radio features Leah Rothstein, a veteran community organizer, local housing program expert, and co-author of "Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law" (Liveright: June 2023), which will be released in paperback on March 4, 2025.In 2017 Richard Rothstein wrote "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America." The book has sold more than 1 million copies and started a revolution in the housing industry by explaining America’s troubled housing situation. Newly educated and informed comm...2025-02-1932 min
Women Making HistoryLeah Rothstein - Author, Community Organizer, Housing Program ExpertIn observance of World Social Justice Day, this episode of Big Blend Radio features Leah Rothstein, a veteran community organizer, local housing program expert, and co-author of "Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law" (Liveright: June 2023), which will be released in paperback on March 4, 2025.
In 2017 Richard Rothstein wrote "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America." The book has sold more than 1 million copies and started a revolution in the housing industry by explaining America’s troubled housing situation.
Newly educated and informed communities across the...2025-02-1932 min
Big Daily BlendLeah Rothstein - Author, Community Organizer, Housing Program ExpertIn observance of World Social Justice Day, this episode of Big Blend Radio features Leah Rothstein, a veteran community organizer, local housing program expert, and co-author of "Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law" (Liveright: June 2023), which will be released in paperback on March 4, 2025.
In 2017 Richard Rothstein wrote "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America." The book has sold more than 1 million copies and started a revolution in the housing industry by explaining America’s troubled housing situation.
Newly educated and informed communities across the...2025-02-1932 min
The John Fugelsang PodcastThe Anti-Jesus Christians at the HelmJohn discusses Trump unveiling plans for an anti-Christian bias task force and the architect of Project 2025 being confirmed to run the budget office. He also talks about he administration's desire to forcibly relocate Palestinians from Gaza which draws parallels to forced relocations in America. Then, John interviews Leah Rothstein. Her expertise in the full range of housing policy - stems from more than two decades of experience as a consultant to affordable housing developers, local governments and as a community and union organizer. Leah teamed up with her father, "Color of Law" author Richard Rothstein, to write "JUST ACTION: How...2025-02-071h 05
The Welcome Table with Max GastonJUST ACTION: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of LawIn his best-selling book, The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein demolished the de facto segregation myth that Black and White Americans live separately by choice, providing the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation. Aware that twenty-first-century segregation continues to promote entrenched inequality and underlie our most serious social problems, Richard has partnered with housing policy expert Leah Rothstein to write JUST ACTION: How to Challenge Racial Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. JUST ACTION provides bona fide solutions, based on decades of study...2024-11-141h 17
Come and Take It: The Eminent Domain Podcast134: Richard and Leah Rothstein on Just Action and Property Rights Advocacy Richard and Leah Rothstein join the podcast to discuss the history of government action that aided in the creation and enforcement of segregation in American Neighborhoods--and, importantly, what all citizens can do in their communities to undo those injustices. Mr. Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. He is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, which recovers a forgotten history of how federal, state, and local policy exp...2024-11-1152 min
The ARCC of Change with Donzel LeggettLeah Rothstein, Coauthor of JUST ACTION, the Sequel to Color of LawIn this episode, Donzel welcomes Leah Rothstein, best-selling coauthor of JUST ACTION, the sequel to the The Color of Law, in which her father Richard Rothstein described how government policy created residential segregation through red-lining. In JUST ACTION they explain how to redress the wrongs of red-line segregation that has perpetuated the deep economic disparities that still exit today in the US. 2024-08-0952 min
The Integrated Schools PodcastReflections On Season 10Nineteen episodes later, Season 10 comes to an end, and we are reflecting on an incredible season. Our themes for the season were the importance of public schools, the power of storytelling, the importance of community, and stamina, and we had 19 incredible episodes going deep on all of those themes, and more. Plus, we had our first ever live show!
Thanks to everyone who makes the Integrated Schools work possible, from our Board of Directors, to our chapter and network contacts, our leadership team, and bookclub moderators, we are so grateful to all of you. Special thanks to Darci and Jennifer for help...2024-06-1234 min
Brick by BrickA Blueprint for Neighborhood EquityIn this special episode, known as a Solutions Sidebar, Brick by Brick interviews authors Richard and Leah Rothstein on what role the government played to segregate society and how to undo it. We get their insights on everything from barriers to home ownership and rent equity to how communities can level the playing field. In the interview and in their book Just Action, the Rothsteins explain how to beat NIMBYism and establish land trusts. They also say for every example of a strategy, there is a group or a local community that is implementing that change. According to the...2024-05-0839 min
Place MattersJUST ACTION | Leah RothsteinIn 2017, the book "The Color of Law" hit the shelves and quickly went viral exposing how racial segregation in our communities is not a matter of personal choice, but a matter of government-enforced and funded mechanisms. As important as the book is, thousands of us asked, “What now? If this is the nature of the problem we face, how in the world do we move toward a more just and equitable future?”
The answer to those pleas is now here! Richard and Leah Rothstein have teamed up to release the must-read follow-up entitled Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Unde...2024-05-0248 minPlace MattersJUST ACTION | Leah RothsteinIn 2017, the book "The Color of Law" hit the shelves and quickly went viral exposing how racial segregation in our communities is not a matter of personal choice, but a matter of government-enforced and funded mechanisms. As important as the book is, thousands of us asked, “What now? If this is the nature of the problem we face, how in the world do we move toward a more just and equitable future?”
The answer to those pleas is now here! Richard and Leah Rothstein have teamed up to release the must-read follow-up entitled Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Unde...2024-05-0248 min
Willoughby Hills with Heath Racela122. Author Richard Rothstein on America's Deliberate SegregationRichard Rothstein is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America and Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law, which he cowrote with his daughter Leah Rothstein.Richard joins Heath to discuss some of the historical background of how we became such a segregated country, how this racism affected everything from household wealth to health to school performance, and how to take action to repair the damage of this segregation. Get full access to Willoughby Hills at heathracela.substack.com/subscribe2024-04-1155 min
A Public AffairHow The Government Created Segregation with Richard Rothstein
Between 2010 and 2020 the population in Madison grew by nearly 37,000 people according to census data; however, the city’s housing supply didn’t keep up. As we grapple with reality of housing access, and parse out the fight among home owners, renters, and developers, host Christina Lieffring brings the legacy of segregationist housing policies into the conversation.
Economist and best selling author Richard Rothstein joins the show to talk about his latest book Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. The book offers concrete answers and solutions to historical inequ...2024-04-0853 min
Beyond Four Walls: Conversations on Affordable HousingA Conversation with Leah Rothstein and Richard RothsteinIn this week’s episode, we welcome Richard Rothstein and Leah Rothstein, authors of “Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law.” They discuss their new book that provides a roadmap for both concerned citizens and community leaders aiming to address segregation and enact tangible and impactful changes in their communities2024-04-0147 min
How We Change the WorldLife in Segregated America: A Blueprint for Equity with Leah RothsteinSee Full Show Notes & Photos on How We Change the World Website
Neighborhood segregation in the United States is not a coincidence; it is the result of deliberate policies and practices.. From the first segregated public housing projects of the 1930s to the creation of whites-only suburbs of the 1950's, US Government laws and policies ensured African Americans were separated from white Americans, along with necessary resources that support neighborhoods.
In this enlightening interview with Leah Rothstein, we explore the critical issues of fighting segregation in America, focusing on the significant resource gaps in segregated...2024-03-061h 03
The Welcome Table with Max GastonJUST ACTION: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of LawIn his best-selling book, The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein demolished the de facto segregation myth that Black and White Americans live separately by choice, providing the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation. Aware that twenty-first-century segregation continues to promote entrenched inequality and underlie our most serious social problems, Richard has partnered with housing policy expert Leah Rothstein to write JUST ACTION: How to Challenge Racial Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. JUST ACTION provides bona fide solutions, based on decades of study a...2024-02-161h 17
With Arms Wide OpenA Conversation with nationally known author Leah Rothstein and Louisville Metro Government Planning Supervisor Joel DockHow do Legos help explain housing segregation? Louisville Metro Government Planning Supervisor Joel Dock shares what they have to do with one another. This is an eye-opening podcast conversation! On the topic of housing segregation, author Leah Rothstein and Joel are global and local leaders, respectively. They are passionate about what we can do in our own communities to begin to challenge and redress segregation. You can also watch now!Watch: VideoLeah is a nationally known housing policy expert and coauthored “Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law...2024-02-1547 min
Tell Us The TruthChallenging Segregation & The Future Of The Democratic PartyEpisode 80: Challenging Segregation & The Future Of The Democratic PartyRichard & Leah Rothstein are the Father and Daughter duo here to Tell Us The Truth about their new book Just Action: How To Challenge Segregation Enacted Under The Color Of Law. This incredible conversation dives deep intoSounding the Alarm on Housing Segregation Empowering Community Groups to hold Banks accountable for investing more in underserved areasReforming the credit scoring systemProviding down payment assistance to Black homebuyersBuilding housing affordable to a range of income levelsMuch moreRichard and his Daughter Leah have both spent their careers...2024-02-131h 06
Facepalm AmericaA Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America: With Guests Richard and Leah RothsteinRichard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, and co-author Leah Rothstein join us to talk about housing segregation, how past policies still effect marginalized communities today, and how affordable housing and diverse housing opportunities leads to more diverse communities.Facepalm America: facepalmamerica.comTwitter: @FacepalmUSAFind Beowulf: @BeowulfRochlenBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/facepalm-america--5189985/support.2024-01-3028 min
The Beached White Male Podcast with Ken KempS5E4 MLK Day - Leah Rothstein: The Color of Law and Just ActionSend us a textLeah Rothstein, author and activist, discusses her book Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. Her father, Richard Rothstein, wrote the award-winning New York Times Bestseller The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (2018)which Bill Gates named as one of his "Amazing Books" of the year. Rothstein challenges the notion, or myth as they would say, that segregation in American society is accidental or a simple preference. He documents how legislation and lawmakers intentionally created the segregation we k...2024-01-1749 min
At the LibraryLeah Rothstein - Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of LawHousing policy expert and author Leah Rothstein visited
the Main Library on Wednesday, October 25, for a discussion of her new
book, Just Action:
How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law,
co-written with her father Richard Rothstein. The book is a follow-up to her
father’s bestseller, The
Color of Law, which examined institutionally-created segregation in
America. Just Action lays
out ways our society can undo this institutional segregation—including housing
reform.2024-01-021h 05
Berkeley TalksA blueprint for housing reformIn Berkeley Talks episode 184, Richard Rothstein, a senior fellow at UC Berkeley's Othering and Belonging Institute, and housing policy expert Leah Rothstein discuss their 2023 book, Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. The conversation was moderated by Tamika Moss, founder and CEO of the Bay Area organization, All Home. In the book, the father-daughter co-authors describe how unconstitutional government policy on the part of federal, state and local governments created the segregation that we know in this country today, where every metropolitan area has clearly defined areas that either are all white or mo...2023-11-1753 min
Technically BiasedRacial Bias in American Housing, From Founding Policies to Predatory Algorithms | Episode 1.13Listen to Krystyn Gutu interview Leah Rothstein, co-author of Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. Written with her father, Richard Rothstein, the book acts as a follow-up to his 2017 work, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Together, they analyze how housing and community development policies impact the ways people relate to their communities and to each other.Leah is a community and labor organizer, with experience consulting on housing, police accountability, environmental justice, education, and worker health and safety issues. She has consulted on financial and policy...2023-11-1644 min
The Integrated Schools PodcastTaking Just Action for Integration with Richard and Leah RothsteinLike many of you, we were blown away by Richard Rothstein's The Color of Law for the ways it unveiled institutionalized racial segregation and its lingering impacts on our country. His methodical unmasking of the explicitly racist policies that led to the creation of the suburbs, the wealth gap, educational disparities and more helped expose the idea of "de facto" segregation, or segregation that occurs naturally, as a myth. The ways that we are segregated today were caused by intentional governmental policies, and we have yet to redress the harm caused.
While The Color Law presented compelling stories about how we g...2023-11-151h 07
We Belong HereS4 EP5: Just ActionOne of the 4 Practices of Belonging is Advocacy. In the latest edition of the We Belong Here podcast, we are gracious to explore this topic in detail
In 2017, Richard Rothstein published The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. It clearly spelled out the non-accidental history of racial segregation in the United States. Upon finishing the book, Richard's daughter Leah Rothstein wondered what to do with this information.
The answer? A new book published this past June called Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law.
Listen to their origin stories...2023-11-0252 min
Advancing CommunitiesJust Action Book Discussion with Author Richard Rothstein The Advancing Communities Podcast features Cinnaire team members conversations with thought leaders, policy makers and others who are making a difference in the community development industry. In this episode, Chris Neary, Cinnaire SVP Policy, Research and Advocacy, sits down with Richard Rothstein, the author of two important books -- The Color of Law: a Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America, and a new book Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under The Color of Law. In The Color of Law, Richard provided a convincing and authoritative history of how explicit government policies at t...2023-09-271h 21
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Commonwealth Club of California PodcastLeah and Richard Rothstein: Challenging Segregation and the Color of LawSix years ago, Richard Rothstein’s important book, Color of Law, made a powerful case that direct and indirect government action and policies at the federal, state and local levels had caused segregation and the resulting social problems throughout the United States. The book was a best seller and significantly influenced discussions of the systemic impact of segregated communities on a range of outcomes in education, health and workforce participation. It stands as one of the most important recent books on residential segregation published in the past few decades.What that book did not do was provide enou...2023-06-2159 min
AmanpourAir pollution plagues US east coastThe United States is in the midst of an environmental crisis, as heavy smog continues to spread from wildfires raging in Canada. Authorities have issued air quality alerts down the east coast, affecting more than 75 million people. Correspondent Athena Jones reports on the apocalyptic scenes and health risks facing people.
Also on today's show: US Senate Democrat Chris Coons; Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison; authors Leah Rothstein & Richard Rothstein To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy2023-06-0855 min
Multifamily Investing with Multifamily Attorney Charles Dobens#217: Combating Housing Inequalities with Richard and Leah RothsteinIn this episode, Richard Rothstein, New York Times best selling author, and his daughter Leah Rothstein, housing policy expert, come on the show to discuss their new book, “Just Action.” In his first book, “Color of Law” Richard explored how the U.S. government at all levels created segregation. In their new book, “Just Action'', Richard and Leah describe how we as a society can begin to combat housing inequalities. They challenge their readers to move beyond symbolic gestures and dive into practical solutions within their own communities. Drawing on decades of research and experience, their book dismantles the notion tha...2023-06-0751 min
This Sustainable Life690: Leah Rothstein: Just Action, a blueprint for concerned citizens and community leadersThis podcast and my mission are about changing culture. The Color of Law compiled our culture's practices that I can only see as cruel and unfair. As long as they're hidden, we can't do much about them. Listen to my episode with Richard and read that book if you aren't on top of America's history of cruel and unfair housing policy.Once you're outraged, then what? In this episode, Leah answers that question. She shares at a high level what people can do in their communities.You'll hear a couple extra notes of interest from...2023-06-0159 min
53206 CastRichard RothsteinJoin Richard Rothstein (Color of Law) on the 53206 Cast podcast discussing his and his daughter Leah’s new book Just Action. Richard and Leah Rothstein will also be coming to Milwaukee tomorrow, June 2nd along with Milwaukee-based researcher at the Redress Movement Reggie Jackson as they talk Just Action! https://actionnetwork.org/events/just-action-book-release-discussion?source=direct_link&&link_id=1&can_id=ef6cdd58c91dfc5b25ce7f477311978f&email_referrer=&email_subject=just-action-book-release-discussion-event2023-06-0129 min
The Last Negroes at HarvardJust Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under The Color of LawOur Harvard classmate Richard Rothstein has now teamed with his daughter, housing policy expert Leah Rothstein to write Just Action, a blueprint for concerned citizens and community leaders. This book describes dozens of activities that readers and supporters can undertake in their own communities to make their commitment real, producing victories that might finally challenge residential segregation and help remedy America’s profoundly unconstitutional past.2023-05-2657 min
Closer Look with Rose ScottWABE politics reporter discuss Georgia’s latest political news; Clarkson senior struggles to find affordable housing, Veteran Journalist and daughter co-author a book that explains how to challenge segregated housingRose talks with WABE politics reporters Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali. First, Gringlas discusses the latest details on the Trump election probe. Bali then discusses several topics, including MARTA’s budget, medical cannabis in Georgia, and public transit between Athens and Atlanta. According to recent data, rent costs are dropping across metro Atlanta. However, finding affordable housing is still a struggle, especially for seniors. “Closer Look” producer LaShawn Hudson talks with Marsha Burges, a Clarkston senior, about the unexpected circumstances that forced her on a housing waiting list for several years and why there is very little housing...2023-05-2252 min