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Racial Justice
Examining Race and Racism in America
- Tribal Leaders Warned Border Wall Construction Would Disturb Native American Remains. They Were Right.
- In a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a Representative Who Spent Years Undermining Their Interests
- Judge Denies Efforts to End Oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as Racial Profiling of Latinos Persists
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
Civil Rights
- At 17, He Was Tear-Gassed at Selma. At 78, He’s Watching Kids Tear-Gassed During Trump’s Deportation Campaign.
- She Was in Labor at a Florida Hospital. Then She Was in Zoom Court for Refusing a C-Section.
- A Mississippi Synagogue Was Attacked in 1967 and 2026. The Antisemitic Rhetoric Looked the Same Then and Now.
Climate and Environment
Documenting the Causes of a Planetary Crisis
Courts
An Eye on the American Judicial System
Criminal Justice
Accountability in Crime and Law
- Lawyers in This State Are Allowed to Ghost Clients for Years. Why Don’t More Judges Stop Them?
- He Waited Nine Years in Prison for His Lawyer to File a Single Brief. In This State, There’s No Rule Against It.
- I’ve Covered Death Row Cases for Nearly a Decade. What Happened to Christa Pike Wasn’t an Anomaly.
Debt
What Americans Owe and Why
- “A Slap in the Face”: Trump’s DOJ Plans to Settle Predatory Lending Case Without Compensating Victims
- New Portland Trail Blazers Owner Played Key Role at Company Oregon Accused of Predatory Lending
- These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
DOGE
How Elon Musk and His Associates Are Remaking the Federal Bureaucracy
Education
Inside Our Schools
- Texas’ School Voucher Program Could Be “Unrecognizable, If Not Extinct,” Says Democratic Lawmaker
- Sexual Assaults on Campus No Longer Scrutinized as Closely Under Trump’s Education Department
- He Tried to Set Limits on His State’s School Vouchers. Billionaires Helped Bankroll a Campaign to Unseat Him.
Health Care
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation
Immigration
How Policy Impacts Migrants
Labor
What Work Is Like in the U.S.
- How the Government’s Obligation to Keep Foreign Workers Safe Collided With Its Efforts to Keep Farms Afloat
- My Maddening Quest to Find Out if Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed
- Nike Wants Factory Workers to Earn a Decent Living. In Indonesia, It’s Moved Into Areas Where Workers Don’t.
Politics
Holding Political Actors Accountable
Prison
- Lawyers in This State Are Allowed to Ghost Clients for Years. Why Don’t More Judges Stop Them?
- He Waited Nine Years in Prison for His Lawyer to File a Single Brief. In This State, There’s No Rule Against It.
- I’ve Covered Death Row Cases for Nearly a Decade. What Happened to Christa Pike Wasn’t an Anomaly.
Regulation
The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check
Technology
How Big Tech Impacts Our Lives
- Cybersecurity CEO Indicted for Allegedly Scamming Millions From Ransomware Victims
- Club Med, a Disney Cruise and an Exploding Starship: SpaceX Used Bystander Videos to Track Falling Debris
- Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough.
Trump Administration
The President and His Administration
- Firm Linked to Trump’s Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contracts to Screen for Ebola and Other Diseases
- Trump’s State Department Is Giving $1 Million to Controversial Group to Study Crimes Against White South Africans
- Tribal Leaders Warned Border Wall Construction Would Disturb Native American Remains. They Were Right.
