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Racial Justice

Examining Race and Racism in America

388 stories published since 2008

6 Tips for Protecting Your Communications From Prying Eyes

by Julia Angwin,

Racist Posts on NY Cop Blog Raise Ire at Time of Tension

by Joaquin Sapien,

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

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Housing Enforcement Group Sues M&T Bank for Discrimination

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Supreme Court’s Latest Race Case: Housing Discrimination

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

A National Survey of School Desegregation Orders

by Yue Qiu,

Podcast: Ferguson’s Untold Tragedy of School Segregation

by Sara Afzal,

How Do You Experience Segregation? Tell Us What #SegregationIs Where You Live

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

School Segregation, the Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson

Nikole Hannah-Jones,

How Do You Experience Segregation? Tell Us What #SegregationIs Where You Live

by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Amanda Zamora and Terry Parris Jr.,

Podcast: The Racial Disparity in Fatal Police Shootings

by Minhee Cho,

Deadly Force, in Black and White

by Ryan Gabrielson, Eric Sagara and Ryann Grochowski Jones,

The Hidden Cost of Gun Violence: Meet a Mother and Her 7-Year-Old With PTSD

by Lois Beckett,

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

Joe Sexton,

Interview With Civil Rights Legend John Lewis: Audio

Nikole Hannah-Jones,

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

Nikole Hannah-Jones,

What to Look For In Dueling Autopsies of Michael Brown

by A.C. Thompson,

Six Days in Ferguson: Voices from the Protests

by Lois Beckett,

When Freedom Summer Landed in White America’s Living Rooms

ProPublica,

In Desegregation Case, Judge Blasts School Officials and Justice Department

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Podcast: Dispatches from Freedom Summer

by Minhee Cho,

Ghosts of Greenwood: Audio

Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Ghosts of Greenwood: Photos

Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Ghosts of Greenwood

Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Student Perspectives on Race and Education in Tuscaloosa

by Amanda Zamora,

Discussion: School Resegregation 60 Years After Brown v. Board

by Amanda Zamora,

Podcast: Resegregation, 60 Years Later

by Minhee Cho,

Desegregation Court Records

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

School Segregation After Brown

by Jeff Larson, Mike Tigas and Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Segregation Now: ProPublica to Present Student Photos on Race in Education

by Nicole Collins Bronzan,

ProPublica Presents Student Photos on Resegregation of Schools

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Segregation Now

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Source Notes for 'Segregation Now'

by ProPublica,

A Note to Our Readers on 'Segregation Now'

by ProPublica,

Video: Saving Central

by Amanda Zamora,

Share Your Six Words on Race and Education in America

Amanda Zamora, Christie Thompson and Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Share Your Six Words on Race and Education

by Amanda Zamora,

Timeline: From Brown v. Board to Segregation Now

by Amanda Zamora, Christie Thompson and Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Segregation Now: 60 Years After Brown v. Board

by Amanda Zamora,

HUD Finally Stirs on Housing Discrimination

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

The Impact and Echoes of the Wal-Mart Discrimination Case

by Nina Martin,

March on Washington Anniversary: Great Reads on Racial Justice

by Christie Thompson,

Law to Clean Up 'Nuisances' Costs Innocent People Their Homes

by Isaiah Thompson,

Timeline: America’s Long Civil Rights March

by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Al Shaw,

America's Long Civil Rights March, Complete With Stops and Starts

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Top Questions from our Q&A on the Affirmative Action Decision

by Christie Thompson,

Housing Crisis: Widespread Discrimination; Little Taste for Enforcement

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Are California Prisons Punishing Inmates Based on Race?

by Christie Thompson,

Another Race Case for a Hostile Supreme Court

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Five Ways Courts Say Texas Discriminated Against Black and Latino Voters

by Lois Beckett and Suevon Lee,