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Racial Justice
Examining Race and Racism in America
All Topics
Biden Administration
The 46th President and His Administration
- A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza
- The Biden Administration Is Separating Families at the Border. It Doesn’t Always Say Why.
- Microsoft’s “Free” Plan to Upgrade Government Cybersecurity Was Designed to Box Out Competitors and Drive Profits, Insiders Say
Courts
An Eye on the American Judicial System
Criminal Justice
Accountability in Crime and Law
- Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million
- Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department
- Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.
Debt
What Americans Owe and Why
Democracy
Inside Voting in America
- Democrats Won a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Control Over the Board That Sets Election Rules.
- N.C. Lawmakers Move to Stop Votes From Being Discarded Based on Postelection Rule Changes
- They Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway.
DOGE
How Elon Musk and His Associates Are Remaking the Federal Bureaucracy
- Impact: Senators Call on DOJ to Investigate Potential DOGE Conflicts of Interest After ProPublica Report
- The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
- Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency That Regulates Tesla and X
Education
Inside Our Schools
- A Tennessee School Agreed to Pay $100,000 to Family of 11-Year-Old Student Arrested Under School Threats Law
- Illinois Lawmakers Ban Police From Ticketing and Fining Students for Minor Infractions in School
- A Tennessee School Expelled a 12-Year-Old for a Social Post. Experts Say It Didn’t Properly Assess If He Made a Threat.
Environment
The Tension Between Humans and Nature
Health Care
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation
Immigration
How Policy Impacts Migrants
- El gobierno de Trump sabía que la gran mayoría de los venezolanos enviados a la prisión de El Salvador no había sido condenada por crimen alguno en EE.UU.
- Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
- The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy
Labor
What Work Is Like in the U.S.
Military
Accountability for the Armed Forces
- Have You Been Affected by Changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? Tell Us About It.
- A Defense Department Directive to Expand Access to Military Courts Falls Short of Federal Law’s Requirements
- This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s Latest Military Vessel.
- Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department
- Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.
- We Detailed Mayor Adams’ Embrace of an Abuse-Ridden NYPD Unit. Now Lawmakers and Advocates Demand Change.
Politics
Holding Political Actors Accountable
- Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
- Texas Lawmakers Push to Enforce Election Transparency Law After Newsrooms Found School Districts Failed to Comply
- Texas Lawmakers Are Again Pushing to Spend Millions on Kits to Find Missing Kids. Experts Say They Don’t Work.
- An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
- Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.
- “Everyone Will Die in Prison”: How Louisiana’s Plan to Lock People Up Longer Imperils Its Sickest Inmates
Regulation
The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check
Technology
How Big Tech Impacts Our Lives
- The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
- White Supremacist Terrorgram Network Allegedly Inspired Teen Accused of Killing Parents and Plotting Trump Assassination
- Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk’s Starlink Be Doing the Same?
Trump Administration
The 45th and 47th President and His Administration
- El gobierno de Trump sabía que la gran mayoría de los venezolanos enviados a la prisión de El Salvador no había sido condenada por crimen alguno en EE.UU.
- Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
- Impact: Senators Call on DOJ to Investigate Potential DOGE Conflicts of Interest After ProPublica Report
USAID
Inside the Destruction of the Aid Agency
- Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
- Tổng thống Trump đã dừng hoạt động xử lý chất độc da cam. Việc làm này khiến cho hàng trăm nghìn người gặp nguy cơ bị nhiễm độc.
- Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
