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Racial Justice

Examining Race and Racism in America

388 stories published since 2008

Land Grab Cheats North Dakota Tribes Out of $1 Billion, Suits Allege

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Audit: Blacks, Latinos Still Likely to Face Housing Bias in Whitest Parts of Westchester

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Housing Segregation: The Great Migration and Beyond

by Jeff Larson,

No Sting: Feds Won't Go Undercover to Prove Housing Discrimination

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Mapping Segregation in Westchester

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Soft on Segregation: How the Feds Failed to Integrate Westchester County

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

What Should Communities Be Doing To Further Fair Housing?

by Amanda Zamora,

Reading Guide: Segregation in America

by Cora Currier and Blair Hickman,

PubNotes: Key Takeaways From ProPublica’s Fair Housing Investigation

by ProPublica,

Big Banks Slack on Maintaining Foreclosed Homes in Minority Areas, Complaint Charges

by Cora Currier,

School of Hard Knocks: Fed Education Data Shows Racial Disparities, Unequal Opportunity

by Marian Wang,

NYC’s Anti-Profiling Law: ‘Not Worth Paper It’s Written On’

by Justin Elliott,

Racial Disparity in Presidential Pardons: What Can Be Done?

by Lois Beckett and Robin Respaut,

Parsing Presidential Pardons

by Jennifer LaFleur and Krista Kjellman Schmidt,

Timeline: A History of Pardons

by Robin Respaut, Al Shaw and Krista Kjellman Schmidt,

The Kind of Journalism That Demands Action

by Paul Steiger and Stephen Engelberg,

How ProPublica Analyzed Pardon Data

by Jennifer LaFleur,

Presidential Pardons Heavily Favor Whites

by Dafna Linzer and Jennifer LaFleur,

How We Analyzed Pardons

by ProPublica,

Contrasting Colors, Contrasting Results

by Dafna Linzer,

Perspectives on Pardons

by ProPublica,

Villages Testify to Disparity in Benefits Alaska Native Corporations Provide

by Jennifer LaFleur and Michael Grabell,

Alaska Native Firms Shift Stimulus Work to Outsiders

by Michael Grabell and Jennifer LaFleur,

Podcast: Investigating the Alaska Native Corporations

by Quadia Muhammad,

What Are Alaska Native Corporations?

by Jennifer LaFleur and Michael Grabell,

Rampant Fraud, Self-Dealing Alleged in Alaska Native Corporation

by Michael Grabell,

Revenues for ANCs Skyrocket, but Not Payouts to Natives

by Jennifer LaFleur and Michael Grabell,

Man Indicted for Alleged Racial Attack in Post-Katrina New Orleans

by A.C. Thompson,

Justice Department Opens Probe of NOPD

by Ryan Knutson, ProPublica,

Air Marshals Dogged by Discrimination Complaints in Field Offices

by Michael Grabell,

Are Minorities Getting Their Share of the Stimulus Dough?

by Sabrina Shankman,

FBI Opens Inquiry Into Death of Henry Glover

by A.C. Thompson,

Study Links Poorer Hospital Care to Racial Segregation

by Sheri Fink,

Update: New Orleans Police 'Looking Into' Katrina Vigilantism

by A.C. Thompson,

Post-Katrina, White Vigilantes Shot African-Americans With Impunity

by A.C. Thompson,

Post-Katrina, White Vigilantes Shot African-Americans With Impunity

by A.C. Thompson,

Exploring the AMA's History of Discrimination

by Jonathan Sidhu,

Employee Sues Justice Department, Cites Discrimination in Civil Rights Division

by Ben Protess,