Investigative Reporting on Racial Justice

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,

Sept. 18, 2019, 1:20 p.m. CDT

He Spent Years Infiltrating White Supremacist Groups. Here’s What He Has to Say About What’s Going on Now.

by Joe Sexton,

Aug. 30, 2019, 1:05 p.m. EDT

Trump Called Baltimore “Vermin Infested” While the Federal Government Fails to Clean Up Rodents in Subsidized Housing

by Danielle Ohl, The Capital, and Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan,

Aug. 12, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

Federal Government Wants to Hear From Heirs’ Property Owners

by Lizzie Presser,

July 26, 2019, 4:42 p.m. EDT

She’s Risked Arrest by Driving With a Suspended License for Seven Years. This Week She Got Some Big News.

by Melissa Sanchez,

July 26, 2019, 4 a.m. CDT

We Found Photos of Ole Miss Students Posing With Guns in Front of a Shot-Up Emmett Till Memorial. Now They Face a Possible Civil Rights Investigation.

by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting,

July 25, 2019, 1:35 p.m. EDT

“How in 2019 Do We Not Have Enough Spanish-Speaking Caseworkers?”

by Logan Jaffe,

July 19, 2019, 4 a.m. CDT

Illinois Lawmakers Demand Child Welfare Officials Better Serve Spanish-Speaking Families

by Duaa Eldeib and Melissa Sanchez,

July 18, 2019, 4 a.m. CDT

Their Family Bought Land One Generation After Slavery. The Reels Brothers Spent Eight Years in Jail for Refusing to Leave It.

by Lizzie Presser,

July 15, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

How to Close Heirs’ Property Loopholes

by Lizzie Presser,

July 15, 2019, 4:59 a.m. EDT

Digital Jail: How Electronic Monitoring Drives Defendants Into Debt

by Ava Kofman,

July 3, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes

by A.C. Thompson,

July 1, 2019, 10:55 a.m. EDT

How a Top Chicken Company Cut Off Black Farmers, One by One

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

June 26, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

How to Clean Up the “Hot Mess” That Is Chicago’s Ticketing and Debt Collection Practices — According to a City Task Force

by Logan Jaffe,

June 14, 2019, 4 a.m. CDT

A Lawsuit Over Ferguson’s “Debtors Prison” Drags On

by Topher Sanders,

May 31, 2019, 11:05 a.m. EDT

“Enough Is Enough”: Native Leaders Ask William Barr to Help Fix Alaska’s Law Enforcement Crisis

by Alex Demarban and Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

May 30, 2019, 11:13 a.m. EDT

Separated by Design: How Some of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror,

May 22, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

New York City’s Early Voting Plan Will Favor White, Affluent Voters, Advocacy Groups Say

by Jessica Huseman,

May 17, 2019, 3:38 p.m. EDT

“I Now Have the Perspective of Both Sides”: 18 Voting Officials Take Civil Rights Tour

by Jessica Huseman,

May 13, 2019, 5:27 p.m. EDT

More Than Me Still Lacks Adequate Systems to Protect Children in Its Care, New Report Says

by Finlay Young for ProPublica,

May 10, 2019, 3:38 p.m. EDT

What Will Come of the More Than Me Rape Scandal?

by Finlay Young for ProPublica,

May 3, 2019, 4:30 p.m. EDT

More Than Me Founder and CEO Katie Meyler Resigns

by Finlay Young for ProPublica,

April 20, 2019, 7 a.m. EDT

TSA Agents Say They’re Not Discriminating Against Black Women, But Their Body Scanners Might Be

by Brenda Medina, ProPublica, and Thomas Frank, special to ProPublica,

April 17, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

HUD Sues Facebook Over Housing Discrimination and Says the Company’s Algorithms Have Made the Problem Worse

by Ariana Tobin,

March 28, 2019, 1:18 p.m. EDT

Facebook Won’t Let Employers, Landlords or Lenders Discriminate in Ads Anymore

by Jack Gillum and Ariana Tobin,

March 19, 2019, 2 p.m. EDT

The Tragedy of Baltimore

by Alec MacGillis,

March 12, 2019, 5 a.m. EDT

The Ticket Trap: Front to Back

by David Eads,

March 4, 2019, 4 a.m. CST

Chicago Public Schools Monitored Social Media for Signs of Violence, Gang Membership

by Aaron Leibowitz for ProPublica Illinois, and Sarah Karp, WBEZ Chicago,

Feb. 11, 2019, 4 a.m. CST

“Get Out”: Black Families Harassed in Their Own Homes

by Rahima Nasa and Rachel Glickhouse,

Jan. 7, 2019, 5 a.m. EST

U.S. to Investigate Discrimination Against Native American Students on Montana Reservation

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, and Erica L. Green, The New York Times,

Jan. 4, 2019, 5 a.m. EST

6 Young Men, Given Adult Sentences for “Minor” Infractions, Are Freed in Illinois

by Duaa Eldeib,

Dec. 28, 2018, 9:10 p.m. CST

District of Despair: On a Montana Reservation, Schools Favor Whites Over Native Americans

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, and Erica L. Green, The New York Times,

Dec. 28, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

On a Reservation, a Second Chance for Prisoners and Their Warden

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, and Erica L. Green, The New York Times,

Dec. 28, 2018, 4:59 a.m. EST

He Drew His School Mascot — and ICE Labeled Him a Gang Member

by Hannah Dreier,

Dec. 27, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

Documenting Hate in America: What We Found in 2018

by Rachel Glickhouse,

Dec. 24, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

Chicago Task Force Will Take on Ticket and Debt Collection Reform

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

Dec. 6, 2018, 3:01 p.m. CST

Chicago Throws Out 23,000 Duplicate Tickets Issued Since 1992 to Motorists Who Didn’t Have Vehicle Stickers

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

Nov. 29, 2018, 5:29 p.m. CST

“I Don’t Want to Shoot You, Brother”

by Joe Sexton,

Nov. 29, 2018, 5 a.m. EST

Member of White Supremacist Group Pleads Guilty to Assaults at 2017 Rally

by A.C. Thompson,

Nov. 21, 2018, 7:30 p.m. EST

An Atomwaffen Member Sketched a Map to Take the Neo-Nazis Down. What Path Officials Took Is a Mystery.

by A.C. Thompson,

Nov. 20, 2018, 10:45 a.m. EST

Brothers Whom Authorities Linked to Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Had Flyer Supporting Neo-Nazi Group, Officials Say

by Catherine Trautwein, Frontline, and A.C. Thompson, ProPublica,

Nov. 16, 2018, 6:30 p.m. EST

How HUD’s Inspection System Fails Low-Income Tenants Nationwide

by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan,

Nov. 16, 2018, 10:58 a.m. EST

Nearly All the Officers in Charge of an Indiana Police Department Have Been Disciplined — Including the Chief Who Keeps Promoting Them

by Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, and Christian Sheckler, South Bend Tribune,

Nov. 15, 2018, 8:15 p.m. EST

Brothers Who Were Online Friends With Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Had Ties to Violent Neo-Nazis

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Catherine Trautwein, Frontline,

Nov. 14, 2018, 6:30 p.m. EST

Chicago City Council Approves Modest First Reforms on Ticketing and Debt

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

Nov. 14, 2018, 5:24 p.m. CST

Top Chicago Alderman Adds to Growing Momentum for Ticket and Debt Reform

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

Nov. 13, 2018, 5:24 p.m. CST

Why Jeff Sessions’ Final Act Could Have More Impact Than Expected

by Ian MacDougall,

Nov. 12, 2018, 11:58 a.m. EST

These Voters Had to Wait for Hours: “It Felt Like a Type of Disenfranchisement”

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Nov. 6, 2018, 8:12 p.m. EST

Georgia Voters Face Hourslong Waits as State Scrambles to Accommodate Turnout

by Jessica Huseman, Isaac Arnsdorf, and Jeremy B. Merrill,

Nov. 6, 2018, 4:54 p.m. EST

Houston Poll Worker Hurls Racist Remarks, Faces Criminal Charge

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Nov. 6, 2018, 4:29 p.m. EST