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Racial Justice

Examining Race and Racism in America

385 stories published since 2008

The FBI — ‘Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity’ — Still Working on Diversity

by Topher Sanders,

How Chicago Ticket Debt Sends Black Motorists Into Bankruptcy

by Melissa Sanchez and Sandhya Kambhampati,

The Many Roads to Bankruptcy

by Melissa Sanchez,

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

by Julia Angwin,

Sheriff’s Officers Working Black Section of Jacksonville to Get Bias Training

by Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville], and Topher Sanders, ProPublica,

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

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

How Hospitals Are Failing Black Mothers

by Annie Waldman,

What We Discovered During a Year of Documenting Hate

by Rachel Glickhouse,

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

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

Chicago Police Win Big When Appealing Discipline

by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica,

Pedestrian Tickets Lead to Hundreds of Suspended Driver’s Licenses

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

Black Women Disproportionately Suffer Complications of Pregnancy and Childbirth. Let’s Talk About It.

by Adriana Gallardo,

Nothing Protects Black Women From Dying in Pregnancy and Childbirth

by Nina Martin, ProPublica, and Renee Montagne, NPR News,

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

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

Why America Fails at Gathering Hate Crime Statistics

by Ken Schwencke,

Facebook to Temporarily Block Advertisers From Excluding Audiences by Race

by Julia Angwin,

Hate Crime Training for Police Is Often Inadequate, Sometimes Nonexistent

by A.C. Thompson, Rohan Naik and Ken Schwencke,

Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race

by Julia Angwin, Ariana Tobin and Madeleine Varner,

One Officer, Scores of Tickets and a Familiar Racial Disparity

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

Walking While Black

by Topher Sanders and Kate Rabinowitz, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

How (Not) to Cross the Street in Jacksonville

by Hilary Fung, Kate Rabinowitz, and Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

The Ticketed Feel Targeted

by Topher Sanders, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

How We Calculated the Risks of Walking While Black

by Kate Rabinowitz and Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

Walking While Black

by Ranjani Chakraborty, Vox,

White Supremacists Share Bomb-Making Materials in Online Chats

by A.C. Thompson and Ali Winston,

Info Wars: Inside the Left’s Online Efforts to Out White Supremacists

by Decca Muldowney,

For Some Youths, ‘Minor’ Offenses Lead to Major Sentences in Adult Prison

by Duaa Eldeib,

Racist, Violent, Unpunished: A White Hate Group’s Campaign of Menace

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham for ProPublica,

Unmasking California’s New White Supremacists

by Lucas Waldron,

‘Partisan’ Gerrymandering Is Still About Race

by Olga Pierce and Kate Rabinowitz,

Without Fanfare, Equifax Makes Bankruptcy Change That Affects Hundreds of Thousands

by Paul Kiel,

Chicago’s Bankruptcy Boom

by Paul Kiel and Hannah Fresques,

In the South, Bankruptcy Is Different, Especially for Black Debtors

by Hannah Fresques and Paul Kiel,

Data Analysis: Bankruptcy and Race in America

by Paul Kiel and Hannah Fresques,

How the Bankruptcy System Is Failing Black Americans

by Paul Kiel with Hannah Fresques,

White Supremacists Joked About Using Cars to Run Over Opponents Before Charlottesville

by George Joseph,

When Hate Meets Hoax

by Kiara Alfonseca,

Spurned by Major Companies, The Daily Stormer Returns to the Web With Help From a Startup

by Ken Schwencke,

Track News Stories About Hate With the Documenting Hate News Index

by Rachel Glickhouse,

A New Generation of White Supremacists Emerges in Charlottesville

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica and Karim Hajj, special to ProPublica,

Police Stood By As Mayhem Mounted in Charlottesville

by A.C. Thompson,

Who’s Taking College Spots From Top Asian Americans? Privileged Whites.

by Daniel Golden,

Sikhs in America: A History of Hate

by A.C. Thompson,

Amid the Blaring Headlines, Routine Reports of Hate-Fueled Violence

by Joe Sexton,

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

by Julia Angwin, ProPublica, and Hannes Grassegger, special to ProPublica,

Democratic Senators Condemn Betsy DeVos’ Record on Civil Rights

by Annie Waldman,

Trump Administration Quietly Rolls Back Civil Rights Efforts Across Federal Government

by Jessica Huseman and Annie Waldman,

California to Investigate Racial Discrimination in Auto Insurance Premiums

by Julia Angwin,

Lawmakers Seek Stronger Monitoring of Racial Disparities in Car Insurance Premiums

by Lauren Kirchner,

DeVos Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White

by Annie Waldman,