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Racial Justice
Examining Race and Racism in America
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Biden Administration
The 46th President and His Administration
- 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”
- Eugene Clemons May Be Ineligible for the Death Penalty. A Rigid Clinton-Era Law Could Force Him to Be Executed Anyway.
Courts
An Eye on the American Judicial System
Criminal Justice
Accountability in Crime and Law
- A Law Was Meant to Target Teen Violence. Instead, 17-Year-Olds Are Being Charged as Adults for Lesser Offenses.
- The NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at Them
- Medical Examiner, Whose Testimony Helped Convict a Man in 2004 of Killing His Baby, Now Says He Was Wrong
Debt
What Americans Owe and Why
Democracy
Inside Voting in America
- A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.
- Trump Company CEO’s Unexplained Meeting With Balkans Leader Raises Specter of New Conflict
- Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much”
Education
Inside Our Schools
- We Enlisted a Community to Help Us Report on One State’s Crumbling Schools. Here’s How You Can Do the Same.
- In an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools
- School District With Highest Student Arrest Rate in the Nation Agrees to Reform How It Disciplines Disabled Students
Environment
The Tension Between Humans and Nature
Health Care
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation
- Caught in Texas’ Medicaid and Food Stamp Application Backlog? Know Someone Who Is? Help Us Report.
- Despite Persistent Warnings, Texas Rushed to Remove Millions From Medicaid. That Move Cost Eligible Residents Care.
- Arizona Cracked Down on Medicaid Fraud That Targeted Native Americans. It Left Patients Without Care.
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
- Blinken Says Israeli Units Accused of Serious Violations Have Done Enough to Avoid Sanctions. Experts and Insiders Disagree.
- Soldiers Charged With Violent Crimes Will Now Face More Scrutiny Before They Can Simply Leave the Army
- A Federal Judge Ruled That ProPublica’s Lawsuit Over Military Court Access Should Move Forward
- The NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at Them
- New Louisiana Law Serves as a Warning to Bystanders Who Film Police: Stay Away or Face Arrest
- New York Lawmakers Call for Police Commissioner to Be Stripped of Power to Bury Brutality Cases
Politics
Holding Political Actors Accountable
- Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests
- Emails Reveal How Walz Struggled to Deal With Unrest, Reach Consensus With Critics After Police Killings
- Officials Voted Down a Controversial Georgia Election Rule, Saying It Violated the Law. Then a Similar Version Passed.
Regulation
The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check
- EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.
- Judge Orders Guardianship Firm to Return Thousands It Took From an Elderly Woman for Services It Never Provided
- How LA’s Illegal Short-Term Rentals Hide in Plain Sight on Booking Sites
Technology
How Big Tech Impacts Our Lives
Trump Administration
The 45th President and His Administration
