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Unequal Discipline

New Mexico AG to Investigate Gallup-McKinley School District for Harsh Discipline of Native American Students

Gallup-McKinley County Schools enrolls a quarter of New Mexico’s Native students but was responsible for at least three-quarters of Native expulsions over four years.

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Age Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Confirms a Pattern of Age Discrimination at IBM

A sweeping decision by the EEOC could cost the tech giant millions in settlements or make it the target of a federal age-discrimination lawsuit. Its findings echo those of a ProPublica investigation.

Coronavirus

Grace, Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Her Online Coursework, Is Released

Grace’s story, first published by ProPublica Illinois, prompted outrage and debate across the country. Though a judge refused to set the girl free, the Michigan Court of Appeals ordered her immediate release from a juvenile detention facility in Detroit.

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105 stories published since 2014

New Mexico AG to Investigate Gallup-McKinley School District for Harsh Discipline of Native American Students

Electionland de ProPublica: El estado del Día de las Elecciones de 2020

ProPublica’s Electionland: The State of Election Day 2020

Varias celebridades gastaron millones de dólares para que ex convictos de Florida pudieran votar. ¿Marcarán alguna diferencia?

Celebrities Spent Millions So Florida Felons Could Vote. Will It Make a Difference?

Avísanos si tienes problemas con la votación este año

La nueva ley de votación por correo de Pennsylvania amplía el acceso para todos...menos para los pobres

Pennsylvania’s New Vote-by-Mail Law Expands Access for Everyone Except the Poor

¿Por qué los votantes no blancos de Georgia tienen que hacer filas durante horas? Hay muchos más ahora, pero tienen menos lugares de votación.

Why Do Nonwhite Georgia Voters Have to Wait in Line for Hours? Their Numbers Have Soared, and Their Polling Places Have Dwindled.

Millions of Mail-In Votes Have Already Been Cast in Battleground States. Track Their Progress Here.

Your Guide to Voting in Illinois

In Florida, the Gutting of a Landmark Law Leaves Few Felons Likely to Vote

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Confirms a Pattern of Age Discrimination at IBM

What the Post Office Needs to Survive a Pandemic Election

Grace, Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Her Online Coursework, Is Released

Portland Protesters No Longer Being Banned From Attending Protests to Win Release From Jail

We Tracked What Happens to Police After They Use Force on Protesters

What Has Happened to Police Filmed Hurting Protesters? So Far, Very Little.

We Reviewed Police Tactics Seen in Nearly 400 Protest Videos. Here’s What We Found.

Slavery Existed in Illinois, but Schools Don’t Always Teach That History

On the Minds of Black Lives Matter Protesters: A Racist Health System

The Black American Amputation Epidemic

Ignoring Trump and Right-Wing Think Tanks, Red States Expand Vote by Mail

It’s Time for Sundown Towns to Become a More Visible Part of Illinois History. But How?

What Readers Told Us About Our Story, “The Legend of A-N-N-A”

The Legend of A-N-N-A: Revisiting an American Town Where Black People Weren’t Welcome After Dark

U.S. Senate Greenlights Funding to Help Prevent Families From Losing Their Land

Building a Database From Scratch: Behind the Scenes With Documenting Hate Partners

When Transgender Travelers Walk Into Scanners, Invasive Searches Sometimes Wait on the Other Side

Trump Called Baltimore “Vermin Infested” While the Federal Government Fails to Clean Up Rodents in Subsidized Housing

Here’s Proof Ole Miss Knew Identities of Two Students Who Posed in Front of Shot-Up Emmett Till Sign, but Did Little

We Found Photos of Ole Miss Students Posing With Guns in Front of a Shot-Up Emmett Till Memorial. Now They Face a Possible Civil Rights Investigation.

“I Now Have the Perspective of Both Sides”: 18 Voting Officials Take Civil Rights Tour

California Tried to Fix Its Prisons. Now County Jails Are More Deadly.

TSA Agents Say They’re Not Discriminating Against Black Women, But Their Body Scanners Might Be

IBM Accused of Violating Federal Anti-Age Discrimination Law

5 Things You Need to Know About Hate Crimes in America

Appeals Court Rules Key Anti-Age Discrimination Protections Don’t Apply to Job Seekers, Only Employees

U.S. to Investigate Discrimination Against Native American Students on Montana Reservation

“Documenting Hate: New American Nazis,” Coming Soon From ProPublica and Frontline

Miseducation

Charlottesville’s Other Jim Crow Legacy: Separate and Unequal Education

What’s Your Experience With the Americans With Disabilities Act? We Want to Know.

In New York, Intolerance Has Become Routine

How the Fight Against Affirmative Action at Harvard Could Threaten Rich Whites

Video: Separada de su madre en la frontera, una niña de seis años tiene que buscar su propio camino

Para una niña de seis años atrapada en el laberinto de inmigración, un número de teléfono memorizado se convierte en su salvavidas

How Voting Laws Have Changed Since 2016

DeVos Has Scuttled More Than 1,200 Civil Rights Probes Inherited From Obama