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Racial Justice

Examining Race and Racism in America

385 stories published since 2008

Black Men Have the Shortest Lifespans of Any Americans. This Theory Helps Explain Why.

by Joseph Singer, Nadia Sussman, Nina Martin and Akilah Johnson,

New York Lawmakers Demand NYPD Halt Undercover Sex Trade Stings

by Joaquin Sapien and Joshua Kaplan,

For Years, JaMarcus Crews Tried to Get a New Kidney, but Corporate Healthcare Stood in the Way

by Lizzie Presser,

A black-and-white illustration of two police officers watching a woman lean against a car door, talking to the driver.

NYPD Cops Cash In on Sex Trade Arrests With Little Evidence, While Black and Brown New Yorkers Pay the Price

by Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien,

It Wasn’t the First Time the NYPD Killed Someone in Crisis. For Kawaski Trawick, It Only Took 112 Seconds.

by Eric Umansky,

The NYPD Said the Killing of Kawaski Trawick “Appears to Be Justified.” Video Shows Officers Escalated the Situation.

by Lucas Waldron and Eric Umansky,

A Deputy Prosecutor Was Fired for Speaking Out Against Jail Time for People Who Fall Behind on Rent

by Maya Miller and Ellis Simani,

Black Workers Are More Likely to Be Unemployed but Less Likely to Get Unemployment Benefits

by Ava Kofman and Hannah Fresques,

Grace, Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Her Online Coursework, Is Released

by Jodi S. Cohen,

El COVID-19 golpea Texas y los hispanos son quienes más mueren

por Perla Trevizo, ProPublica y The Texas Tribune y Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News,

Prosecutors Say They Support Releasing Girl Who Was Detained for Not Doing Her Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen,

“It Cost Me Everything”: In Texas, COVID-19 Takes a Devastating Toll on Hispanic Residents

by Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News,

What People Who Live in Mostly White Towns Need to Know About History

by Logan Jaffe,

Judge Won’t Free Michigan Teenager Sent to Juvenile Detention After Not Doing Online Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen,

Trump Financial Regulator Quietly Shelved Discrimination Probes Into Bank of America and Other Lenders

by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum,

How a Key Federal Civil Rights Agency Was Sidelined as Historic Protests Erupted

by A.C. Thompson and Robert Faturechi,

A Hospital Was Accused of Racially Profiling Native American Women. Staff Said Administrators Impeded an Investigation.

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

Slavery Existed in Illinois, but Schools Don’t Always Teach That History

by Logan Jaffe,

State Investigating Hospital With Coronavirus Policy That Profiled Pregnant Native American Mothers and Separated Them From Newborns

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

A Hospital’s Secret Coronavirus Policy Separated Native American Mothers From Their Newborns

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

A Sundown Town Sees Its First Black Lives Matter Protest

by Logan Jaffe,

The Police Have Been Spying on Black Reporters and Activists for Years. I Know Because I’m One of Them.

by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism,

On the Minds of Black Lives Matter Protesters: A Racist Health System

by Akilah Johnson,

Police Brutality, COVID-19 and Overdoses in Chicago Follow the Same Deadly Pattern

by Duaa Eldeib and Melissa Sanchez,

What Experts Say About Narrowing COVID-19 Racial Disparities

by ProPublica,

The Black American Amputation Epidemic

by Lizzie Presser,

COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn’t Have To.

by Duaa Eldeib, Adriana Gallardo, Akilah Johnson, Annie Waldman, Nina Martin, Talia Buford and Tony Briscoe,

Early Data Shows Black People Are Being Disproportionally Arrested for Social Distancing Violations

by Joshua Kaplan and Benjamin Hardy,

“Similar to Times of War”: The Staggering Toll of COVID-19 on Filipino Health Care Workers

by Nina Martin and Bernice Yeung,

These Workers Packed Lip Gloss and Pandora Charm Bracelets. They Were Labeled “Essential” but Didn’t Feel Safe.

by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism,

Los New Yorkers: Essential and Underprotected in the Pandemic’s Epicenter

by Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, and Ariel Goodman for ProPublica,

In Chicago, Urban Density May Not Be to Blame for the Spread of the Coronavirus

by Haru Coryne, ProPublica Illinois,

Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate

by Akilah Johnson and Talia Buford,

It’s Time for Sundown Towns to Become a More Visible Part of Illinois History. But How?

by Logan Jaffe,

After Our Reporting, Connecticut Officials Are Taking On Housing Segregation

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Jenna Carlesso, The Connecticut Mirror,

Tens of Thousands of People Lost Driver’s Licenses Over Unpaid Parking Tickets. Now, They’re Getting Them Back.

by Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, and Elliott Ramos, WBEZ Chicago,

How Wealthy Towns Keep People With Housing Vouchers Out

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror,

What We Found in Three Years of Documenting Hate: A Letter to Our Partners

by Rachel Glickhouse,

Health Officials in “Cancer Alley” Will Study if Living Near a Controversial Chemical Plant Causes Cancer

by Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Separated by Design: Why Affordable Housing Is Built in Areas With High Crime, Few Jobs and Struggling Schools

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror,

What Could Happen if a $9.4 Billion Chemical Plant Comes to “Cancer Alley”

by Lylla Younes,

What Readers Told Us About Our Story, “The Legend of A-N-N-A”

by Logan Jaffe,

New EPA Rules Aim to Reduce Toxic Emissions. But Many “Cancer Alley” Chemical Plants Won’t Have to Change.

by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

Black Farmers Say a Top Chicken Company Turned Them Away

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

They Are Racist; Some of Them Have Guns. Inside the White Supremacist Group Hiding in Plain Sight.

by Carol Schaeffer and Fritz Zimmermann, special to ProPublica,

The Legend of A-N-N-A: Revisiting an American Town Where Black People Weren’t Welcome After Dark

by Logan Jaffe,

Welcome to “Cancer Alley,” Where Toxic Air Is About to Get Worse

by Tristan Baurick, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate, Lylla Younes, ProPublica, and Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate,

How We Identified the Frat Brothers Holding Guns in Front of an Emmett Till Memorial

by Thalia Beaty and Lucas Waldron,

This Lawyer Fought Housing Segregation. Now Wealthy Suburbanites Want to Fire His Firm.

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror,

Chicago City Council Approves Ticket and Debt Collection Reforms to Help Low-Income and Minority Motorists

by Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica Illinois, and Elliott Ramos, WBEZ Chicago,