PHOTO/MATT WRIGHT
Ramon Borges-Mendez, professor at Clark University, in Worcester's Main South neighborhood
This joint investigation from WBJ and Worcester
Regional Research Bureau starts inside.
Racial discrimination in mortgage lending and home ownership
– a key aspect in building wealth in America – creates
neighborhoods of have's and have-not's in Greater Worcester,
where educational and economic success is harder to achieve.
Rich dreams,
poor dreams