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Racial Justice
Examining Race and Racism in America
All Topics
Biden Administration
The 46th President and His Administration
- A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza
- The Biden Administration Is Separating Families at the Border. It Doesn’t Always Say Why.
- Microsoft’s “Free” Plan to Upgrade Government Cybersecurity Was Designed to Box Out Competitors and Drive Profits, Insiders Say
- “They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights
- New Mexico AG to Investigate Gallup-McKinley School District for Harsh Discipline of Native American Students
- In Secret Recording, a Top City Library Official Calls Alaska Natives “Woke” and “Racists”
Courts
An Eye on the American Judicial System
Criminal Justice
Accountability in Crime and Law
- An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
- What Reality TV Gets Wrong About Criminal Investigations. (Spoiler: So Much.)
- We Detailed Mayor Adams’ Embrace of an Abuse-Ridden NYPD Unit. Now Lawmakers and Advocates Demand Change.
Debt
What Americans Owe and Why
Democracy
Inside Voting in America
- N.C. Lawmakers Move to Stop Votes From Being Discarded Based on Postelection Rule Changes
- They Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway.
- North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted.
DOGE
How Elon Musk and His Associates Are Remaking the Federal Bureaucracy
Education
Inside Our Schools
- Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.
- In An Era of Big Money, the University of Illinois Shrugs Off Rules on Athletes’ NIL Deals
- A Texas School Board Cut State-Approved Textbook Chapters About Diversity. A Board Member Says Material Violated the Law
Environment
The Tension Between Humans and Nature
- Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
- Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.
- TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.
Health Care
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation
Immigration
How Policy Impacts Migrants
Labor
What Work Is Like in the U.S.
- EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.
- Nike Shareholders Want to Force Actions on Environmental and Worker Protections. They Face Long Odds.
- Escaping Oklahoma: A Worker’s Story From Inside an Illegal Marijuana Operation
Military
Accountability for the Armed Forces
- A Defense Department Directive to Expand Access to Military Courts Falls Short of Federal Law’s Requirements
- This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s Latest Military Vessel.
- Blinken Says Israeli Units Accused of Serious Violations Have Done Enough to Avoid Sanctions. Experts and Insiders Disagree.
Politics
Holding Political Actors Accountable
- North Carolina Lawmakers Ask for Investigation Into Funding Disruptions for Sexual Abuse Survivors
- Texas AG Ken Paxton Won’t Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run
- How Elon Musk, George Soros and Other Billionaires Are Shaping the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History
- An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
- Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.
- “Everyone Will Die in Prison”: How Louisiana’s Plan to Lock People Up Longer Imperils Its Sickest Inmates
Regulation
The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check
Technology
How Big Tech Impacts Our Lives
- White Supremacist Terrorgram Network Allegedly Inspired Teen Accused of Killing Parents and Plotting Trump Assassination
- Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk’s Starlink Be Doing the Same?
- A “Goofy” DJ’s Secret Life at the Center of an Online Terrorism Network
Trump Administration
The 45th and 47th President and His Administration
USAID
Inside the Destruction of the Aid Agency
- Tổng thống Trump đã dừng hoạt động xử lý chất độc da cam. Việc làm này khiến cho hàng trăm nghìn người gặp nguy cơ bị nhiễm độc.
- Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
- Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
