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Racial Justice
Examining Race and Racism in America
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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
- The Texas Redistricting Fight Has Been the Testing Ground for the Trump Administration’s Latest Legal Strategy
- ProPublica Updates Supreme Connections Database With Newly Released Financial Disclosures
- Democrats Won a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Control Over the Board That Sets Election Rules.
Criminal Justice
Accountability in Crime and Law
Debt
What Americans Owe and Why
Democracy
Inside Voting in America
- She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.
- A Texas County Cuts Over 100 Polling Sites as Trump Attacks Mail-In Voting Nationally
- Democrats Won a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Control Over the Board That Sets Election Rules.
DOGE
How Elon Musk and His Associates Are Remaking the Federal Bureaucracy
Education
Inside Our Schools
- Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
- These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing.
- Three Chicago Schools Get Expensive STEAM Makeovers. Can the Effort Reverse Declining Enrollment?
Environment
The Tension Between Humans and Nature
- Elon Musk Has Criticized Environmental Regulations. His Companies Have Been Accused of Sidestepping Them.
- Elon Musk Pushed Back on Our Reporting on His Houston Tunnels Plan. Experts Say His Comments Are Misleading.
- Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
Health Care
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation
- “Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
- Trump’s Rollback of Rules for Mental Health Coverage Could Lead More Americans to Go Without Care
- Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here’s What Happened When Georgia Tried It.
Immigration
How Policy Impacts Migrants
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.
- New Uvalde Records Reveal Details About School Safety Concerns and Shooter’s Behavioral Issues
- Four Years After Cop Was Filmed Slamming Black Woman to the Ground, Louisiana Passes Accountability Law
- Former NYPD Commissioner Accuses Mayor Adams of Running “Criminal Enterprise” and Cites ProPublica Investigation
Politics
Holding Political Actors Accountable
- “We Want to Save This Investment”: Advocates Race to Secure Maternal Health Funding Before It Runs Out
- Texas Overhauls Anti-Abortion Program That Spent Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars With Little Oversight
- A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
- 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
- We Investigated How Oil Companies Take Millions From Mineral Owners. Now, Some Lawmakers Push for Change.
- Connecticut DMV Committee Expands Study of Towing Law to Help Low-Income Residents Get Their Cars Back
- Trump Wants to Crack Down on “Debanking,” but He’s Dismantling a Regulator That Was Doing Just That
Technology
How Big Tech Impacts Our Lives
Trump Administration
The 45th and 47th President and His Administration
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.
