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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
Courts
An Eye on the American Judicial System
Criminal Justice
Accountability in Crime and Law
- Former NYPD Commissioner Accuses Mayor Adams of Running “Criminal Enterprise” and Cites ProPublica Investigation
- He Was Accused of Killing His Wife. Idaho’s Coroner System Let Clues Vanish After a Previous Wife’s Death.
- Anchorage Rebuilds Its Prosecutor’s Office After Our Reporting Revealed Hundreds of Criminal Case Dismissals
Debt
What Americans Owe and Why
Democracy
Inside Voting in America
- Democrats Won a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Control Over the Board That Sets Election Rules.
- 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.
DOGE
How Elon Musk and His Associates Are Remaking the Federal Bureaucracy
Education
Inside Our Schools
- George Mason Is the Latest University Under Fire From Trump. Its President Fears an “Orchestrated” Campaign.
- 100 Students in a School Meant for 1,000: Inside Chicago’s Refusal to Deal With Its Nearly Empty Schools
- Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.
Environment
The Tension Between Humans and Nature
Health Care
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation
- RFK Jr. Wants to Change a Program That Stopped Vaccine Makers From Leaving the U.S. Market. They Could Flee Again.
- FDA Inspectors Again Find Dangerous Breakdowns at an Indian Factory Supplying Medications to U.S. Consumers
- He Was Accused of Killing His Wife. Idaho’s Coroner System Let Clues Vanish After a Previous Wife’s Death.
Immigration
How Policy Impacts Migrants
Labor
What Work Is Like in the U.S.
- Texas Talks Tough on Immigration. But Lawmakers Won’t Force Most Private Companies to Check Employment Authorization.
- In Cambodia, Our Journalists Put Nike’s Claims About Factory Conditions to the Test
- Nike Repeatedly Raised Concerns About Repression in Cambodia. It Expanded Its Factory Workforce There Anyway.
Military
Accountability for the Armed Forces
- Have You Been Affected by Changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? Tell Us About It.
- 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.
Politics
Holding Political Actors Accountable
- Texas Overhauls Anti-Abortion Program That Spent Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars With Little Oversight
- A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
- Miscarriage Is Increasingly Dangerous for Women in Texas, Our Analysis Shows. Here’s How We Did It.
- 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
Trump Administration
The 45th and 47th President and His Administration
USAID
Inside the Destruction of the Aid Agency
- Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
- 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.
