Racial Justice
Where Race Matters
Virginia’s Public Universities Have a Long History of Displacing Black Residents
Schools including Old Dominion and the flagship University of Virginia have expanded by dislodging Black families, sometimes by the threat or use of eminent domain.
Local Reporting Network
Why the Destruction of a Black Neighborhood Matters to Me — and Should Matter to Everyone
As a teenager, I competed in track meets at Christopher Newport University. As a reporter, I unearthed the painful history behind the campus’s location.
Local Reporting Network
A Black Neighborhood and a College Both Wanted to Expand. Now One of Them Is Gone.
Sixty-plus years ago, the white leaders of Newport News, Virginia, seized the core of a thriving Black community to build a college. The school has been gobbling up the remaining houses ever since.
Local Reporting Network
We Carry the Burden of Repatriating Our Ancestors. Here’s What It’s Like to Report on the Process as an Indigenous Journalist.
Mary Hudetz describes the financial cost and emotional distress that tribal communities face as they continue to wait for the return of the remains of their ancestors, thousands of which are held in museums across the country.
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Impact of Our Reporting
Virginia Lawmaker Calls for Commission to Study State Universities’ History of Uprooting Black Communities
In response to our reporting, state Delegate Delores McQuinn said a task force could shed light on the impact of college expansion in Virginia. Officials are also calling for displaced families to receive redress, from scholarships to reparations.
Local Reporting Network
A New Illinois Law Shifts Repatriation and Reburial Power to Tribal Nations
For the first time, tribal nations forcibly removed from Illinois will have final say in how and when the remains of their ancestors will be returned to them.
Sweeping Repatriation Reform Bill Unanimously Passes Illinois House of Representatives
If signed into law, the legislation would create a protected cemetery for the reburial of repatriated Native American ancestors and establish a committee of tribal leaders to review state projects that may disturb culturally significant sites.
Series
Series: Uprooted : Virginia Universities Have Expanded by Dislodging Black Communities
Series: The Repatriation Project : The Delayed Return of Native Remains
Series: Juvenile Injustice, Tennessee : Where Kids Meet the Rule of Law
Series: Schoolyard Sheriffs : Policing Kids in Antelope Valley Schools
Series: Unwatched : A Louisiana Law Department That Polices Itself
Series: Black Snow : Big Sugar’s Burning Problem
Series: Polluter’s Paradise : Environmental Impact in Louisiana
Series: Dispossessed : How Black Families Are Losing Their Land
Series: Invisible Walls : Connecticut’s Separate and Unequal Housing
Series: Unprotected : Rape at an American Charity in Liberia
Series: Driven Into Debt : How Tickets Burden the Poor
Series: Walking While Black : Pedestrian Enforcement and Racial Profiling
Series: Too Broke for Bankruptcy : How Bankruptcy Fails Those Who Need It Most
Series: Lost Mothers : Maternal Care and Preventable Deaths
Series: Documenting Hate : Tracking Hate Crimes and Bias Incidents
Series: Segregation Now : Investigating America’s racial divide in education, housing and beyond.
Series: Busted : Examining Chemical Field Tests
Series: Machine Bias : Investigating Algorithmic Injustice
Series: Nuisance Abatement : The NYPD’s Aggressive Enforcement of a Little-known Law
Series: Dispatches from Freedom Summer : Race Then and Now
New Documents Prove Tennessee County Disproportionately Jails Black Children, and It’s Getting Worse
