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105 stories published since 2014

Has Your School Been Investigated for Civil Rights Violations?

Have You Experienced or Witnessed Civil Rights Violations at a School? Share Your Story.

The Administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel Keeps Monitoring Protesters

New Allegations Added to Lawsuit on How Facebook’s Targeting Tools Helped Advertisers Exclude Older Workers

Federal Watchdog Launches Investigation of Age Bias at IBM

Police Are Mislabeling Anti-LGBTQ and Other Crimes as Anti-Heterosexual

At a Killer’s Sentencing, Native Americans Talk of Both Healing and Enduring Suspicions

Were Henry’s Civil Rights Violated?

A Killing at Donkey Creek

Shutdown of Texas Schools Probe Shows Trump Administration Pullback on Civil Rights

Jacksonville Sheriff Uses Misleading Data to Defend Pedestrian Ticketing

NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Jacksonville Over Pedestrian Ticket Enforcement

Jacksonville Sheriff Admits Race May Have Played a Role in Ticket Writing

Congressman’s Bill Would Force Trump Administration to Fulfill Pledge to Study Racial Disparities in Auto Insurance Pricing

Jacksonville City Council President and Local Public Defender Call for Suspension of Pedestrian Ticket Writing

Trump Justice Department Pushes for Citizenship Question on Census, Alarming Experts

Reporting Recipe: Investigating Your Police Department’s Handling of Hate Crime Reports

What We Discovered During a Year of Documenting Hate

Florida Police Issue Hundreds of Bad Pedestrian Tickets Every Year Because They Don’t Seem to Know the Law

Pedestrian Tickets Lead to Hundreds of Suspended Driver’s Licenses

Local Lawmakers and Civil Rights Groups Call for Suspending Pedestrian Tickets in Jacksonville

Why America Fails at Gathering Hate Crime Statistics

A Dubious Arrest, a Compromised Prosecutor, a Tainted Plea: How One Murder Case Exposes a Broken System

Facebook to Temporarily Block Advertisers From Excluding Audiences by Race

Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race

This Is Where Hate Crimes Don’t Get Reported

One Officer, Scores of Tickets and a Familiar Racial Disparity

Walking While Black

The Ticketed Feel Targeted

Walking While Black

Here Are the Hate Incidents Against Mosques and Islamic Centers Since 2013

A Stealth History Lesson in Baltimore

‘The 100th Nail in the Coffin’ for Integration in Westchester County

Has the Moment for Environmental Justice Been Lost?

A Wisconsin Republican Looks Back With Regret at Voter ID and Redistricting Fights

Victims in Thousands of Potential Hate Crimes Never Notify Police

Facebook’s Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men From Hate Speech But Not Black Children

Supreme Court Won’t Take Up R.J. Reynolds Age Discrimination Case

Trump Administration Quietly Rolls Back Civil Rights Efforts Across Federal Government

The Trump Administration Lost Again in Court, This Time on Voter ID

Photos: Baltimore in the Wake of Freddie Gray

Yes, Black America Fears the Police. Here’s Why.

School Segregation, the Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson

Keep on Pushing

In His Professional Twilight, a Son of Mississippi Considers His Legacy on Race

Interview With Civil Rights Legend John Lewis: Audio

Long a Force for Progress, a Freedom Summer Legend Looks Back

When Freedom Summer Landed in White America’s Living Rooms

A Brutal Loss, but an Enduring Conviction

Ghosts of Greenwood: Audio