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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
- New Mexico AG to Investigate Gallup-McKinley School District for Harsh Discipline of Native American Students
- In Secret Recording, a Top City Library Official Calls Alaska Natives “Woke” and “Racists”
- Eugene Clemons May Be Ineligible for the Death Penalty. A Rigid Clinton-Era Law Could Force Him to Be Executed Anyway.
Courts
An Eye on the American Judicial System
Criminal Justice
Accountability in Crime and Law
- Alaska Judge Vows to Reduce Trial Delays: “We Must, and We Will, Improve”
- Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.
- The Neverending Case: How 10 Years of Delays Have Prevented a “Horrendous” Sexual Assault Allegation From Going to Trial
Debt
What Americans Owe and Why
Democracy
Inside Voting in America
- They Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway.
- North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted.
- North Carolina Supreme Court Blocked Certification of a Justice’s Win. Activists Fear It’s “Dangerous for Democracy.”
Education
Inside Our Schools
- “We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
- A New Mexico District Says It’s Reduced Harsh Discipline of Native Students. But the Data Provided Is Incomplete.
- Idaho Passed $2 Billion in Funding for School Building Repairs. It’s Not Nearly Enough.
Environment
The Tension Between Humans and Nature
- How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire
- Washington Governor Orders Team to Study Data Centers’ Impact on Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue
- How Trump’s EPA Threatens Efforts to Clean Up Areas Affected Most by Dangerous Air Pollution
Health Care
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation
Immigration
How Policy Impacts Migrants
- U.S. Claims Immigrants Held at Guantanamo Are “Worst of the Worst.” Their Families Say They’re Being Unfairly Targeted.
- Empacados: Retrato de una comunidad de inmigrantes que viven bajo la amenaza de ser deportados
- “Lucharemos”: Trabajadores humanitarios temen que el cierre de un campamento en la frontera de Arizona ponga en peligro a los migrantes
Labor
What Work Is Like in the U.S.
- EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.
- Nike Shareholders Want to Force Actions on Environmental and Worker Protections. They Face Long Odds.
- Escaping Oklahoma: A Worker’s Story From Inside an Illegal Marijuana Operation
- Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response
- Insurers Failed to Comply With Mental Health Coverage Law, Department of Labor Report Finds
- Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.
Military
Accountability for the Armed Forces
- 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.
- Blinken Says Israeli Units Accused of Serious Violations Have Done Enough to Avoid Sanctions. Experts and Insiders Disagree.
- In Five Years, Chicago Has Barely Made Progress on Its Court-Ordered Police Reforms. Here’s Why.
- The NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at Them
- New Louisiana Law Serves as a Warning to Bystanders Who Film Police: Stay Away or Face Arrest
Politics
Holding Political Actors Accountable
- “We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump
- ProPublica’s Coverage of Donald Trump’s Appointments — and How They Could Reshape Federal Agencies
- North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.
- Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
- Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women
- Una mujer de Texas murió después de que el hospital dijera que sería un “delito” intervenir en su aborto espontáneo
- 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
- Michigan Lawmakers Working to Fix a Program That Failed to Compensate the Wrongfully Convicted
Regulation
The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check
- Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”
- The Housing Loophole That Lets Wealthy Investors Raise Rents on Poor Tenants
- Tennessee Lawmakers Push to Change How the State Disarms Dangerous People to Better Protect Domestic Violence Victims
- Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.
- In Rural Tennessee, Domestic Violence Victims Face Barriers to Getting Justice. One County Has Transformed Its Approach.
- Liberty University Hit With Record Fines for Failing to Handle Complaints of Sexual Assault, Other Crimes
Technology
How Big Tech Impacts Our Lives
Trump Administration
The 45th and 47th President and His Administration
- Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”
- Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy
- How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire
