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Presidential Pardons
White criminals seeking presidential pardons are nearly four times as likely to succeed as people of color, a ProPublica examination has found.
Sex and Gender
ProPublica's Nina Martin reporting on American systems and institutions — from schools to hospitals to prisons — that fail or mistreat people on the basis of their gender or sexuality.
Tobacco Debt
A landmark 1998 settlement with Big Tobacco awarded states billions of dollars a year to offset the health-care costs of smoking. What seemed like a boon become a debt trap for many state and local governments when they used it to promise investors billions in the future in exchange for cash advances.
