Racial Justice

Examining Race and Racism in America

380 stories published since 2008

“They Saw Me and Thought the Worst”

by Richard A. Webster, WRKF and WWNO, photography by Kathleen Flynn

September 24, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
“Have You Ever in Your Life Attended a Meeting of the Ku Klux Klan?”

by Carli Brosseau

May 27, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
Dubious Arrests, Death Threats and Confederate Loyalists: Welcome to Graham, N.C.

by Julia Wall and Carli Brosseau

May 20, 2021, 6:00 am EDT
In a Small Town, a Battle for Racial Justice Confronts a Bloody Past and an Uncertain Future

by Carli Brosseau, video by Julia Wall

May 19, 2021, 10:24 am EDT
ProPublica Nominated for 13 Peter Lisagor Awards

by ProPublica

May 4, 2021, 5:17 pm EDT
People Over 75 Are First in Line to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19. The Average Black Person Here Doesn’t Live That Long.

by Wendi C. Thomas and Hannah Grabenstein, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

February 12, 2021, 11:30 am EST
Global Right-Wing Extremism Networks Are Growing. The U.S. Is Just Now Catching Up.

by Sebastian Rotella

January 22, 2021, 5:30 am EST
How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men

by Akilah Johnson and Nina Martin

December 22, 2020, 5:30 am EST
Black Men Have the Shortest Lifespans of Any Americans. This Theory Helps Explain Why.

by Joseph Singer, Nadia Sussman, Nina Martin and Akilah Johnson

December 22, 2020, 5:29 am EST
New York Lawmakers Demand NYPD Halt Undercover Sex Trade Stings

by Joaquin Sapien and Joshua Kaplan

December 16, 2020, 11:10 am EST
For Years, JaMarcus Crews Tried to Get a New Kidney, but Corporate Healthcare Stood in the Way

by Lizzie Presser

December 15, 2020, 5:00 am EST
NYPD Cops Cash In on Sex Trade Arrests With Little Evidence, While Black and Brown New Yorkers Pay the Price

by Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien

December 7, 2020, 5:00 am EST
It Wasn’t the First Time the NYPD Killed Someone in Crisis. For Kawaski Trawick, It Only Took 112 Seconds.

by Eric Umansky

December 4, 2020, 7:01 am EST
The NYPD Said the Killing of Kawaski Trawick “Appears to Be Justified.” Video Shows Officers Escalated the Situation.

by Lucas Waldron and Eric Umansky

December 4, 2020, 7:00 am EST
A Deputy Prosecutor Was Fired for Speaking Out Against Jail Time for People Who Fall Behind on Rent

by Maya Miller and Ellis Simani

November 27, 2020, 6:00 am EST
Black Workers Are More Likely to Be Unemployed but Less Likely to Get Unemployment Benefits

by Ava Kofman and Hannah Fresques

August 24, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Grace, Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Her Online Coursework, Is Released

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 31, 2020, 6:42 pm EDT
El COVID-19 golpea Texas y los hispanos son quienes más mueren

por Perla Trevizo y Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News

July 31, 2020, 12:00 pm EDT
Prosecutors Say They Support Releasing Girl Who Was Detained for Not Doing Her Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 30, 2020, 2:58 pm EDT
“It Cost Me Everything”: In Texas, COVID-19 Takes a Devastating Toll on Hispanic Residents

by Perla Trevizo, and Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News

July 30, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
What People Who Live in Mostly White Towns Need to Know About History

by Logan Jaffe

July 24, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Judge Won’t Free Michigan Teenager Sent to Juvenile Detention After Not Doing Online Schoolwork

by Jodi S. Cohen

July 20, 2020, 8:26 pm EDT
Trump Financial Regulator Quietly Shelved Discrimination Probes Into Bank of America and Other Lenders

by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum

July 13, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
How a Key Federal Civil Rights Agency Was Sidelined as Historic Protests Erupted

by A.C. Thompson and Robert Faturechi

July 9, 2020, 11:15 am EDT
A Hospital Was Accused of Racially Profiling Native American Women. Staff Said Administrators Impeded an Investigation.

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth

June 22, 2020, 7:15 pm EDT
Slavery Existed in Illinois, but Schools Don’t Always Teach That History

by Logan Jaffe

June 19, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
State Investigating Hospital With Coronavirus Policy That Profiled Pregnant Native American Mothers and Separated Them From Newborns

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth

June 14, 2020, 11:48 am EDT
A Hospital’s Secret Coronavirus Policy Separated Native American Mothers From Their Newborns

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth

June 13, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
A Sundown Town Sees Its First Black Lives Matter Protest

by Logan Jaffe

June 12, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The Police Have Been Spying on Black Reporters and Activists for Years. I Know Because I’m One of Them.

by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

June 9, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
On the Minds of Black Lives Matter Protesters: A Racist Health System

by Akilah Johnson

June 5, 2020, 2:49 pm EDT
Police Brutality, COVID-19 and Overdoses in Chicago Follow the Same Deadly Pattern

by Duaa Eldeib and Melissa Sanchez

June 5, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
What Experts Say About Narrowing COVID-19 Racial Disparities

by ProPublica

May 19, 2020, 11:51 am EDT
The Black American Amputation Epidemic

by Lizzie Presser

May 19, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn’t Have To.

by Duaa Eldeib, Adriana Gallardo, Akilah Johnson, Annie Waldman, Nina Martin, Talia Buford and Tony Briscoe

May 9, 2020, 8:00 am EDT
Early Data Shows Black People Are Being Disproportionally Arrested for Social Distancing Violations

by Joshua Kaplan and Benjamin Hardy

May 8, 2020, 6:22 pm EDT
“Similar to Times of War”: The Staggering Toll of COVID-19 on Filipino Health Care Workers

by Nina Martin and Bernice Yeung

May 3, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
These Workers Packed Lip Gloss and Pandora Charm Bracelets. They Were Labeled “Essential” but Didn’t Feel Safe.

by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

May 2, 2020, 9:00 am EDT
Los New Yorkers: Essential and Underprotected in the Pandemic’s Epicenter

by Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, and Ariel Goodman for ProPublica

May 2, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
In Chicago, Urban Density May Not Be to Blame for the Spread of the Coronavirus

by Haru Coryne

April 30, 2020, 3:00 pm EDT
Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate

by Akilah Johnson and Talia Buford

April 3, 2020, 1:21 pm EDT
It’s Time for Sundown Towns to Become a More Visible Part of Illinois History. But How?

by Logan Jaffe

February 21, 2020, 5:00 am EST
After Our Reporting, Connecticut Officials Are Taking On Housing Segregation

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Jenna Carlesso, The Connecticut Mirror

January 24, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Tens of Thousands of People Lost Driver’s Licenses Over Unpaid Parking Tickets. Now, They’re Getting Them Back.

by Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, and Elliott Ramos, WBEZ Chicago

January 17, 2020, 4:26 pm EST
How Wealthy Towns Keep People With Housing Vouchers Out

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror

January 9, 2020, 5:00 am EST
What We Found in Three Years of Documenting Hate: A Letter to Our Partners

by Rachel Glickhouse

January 2, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Health Officials in “Cancer Alley” Will Study if Living Near a Controversial Chemical Plant Causes Cancer

by Gordon Russell, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate

November 25, 2019, 3:32 pm EST
Separated by Design: Why Affordable Housing Is Built in Areas With High Crime, Few Jobs and Struggling Schools

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror

November 25, 2019, 5:00 am EST
What Could Happen if a $9.4 Billion Chemical Plant Comes to “Cancer Alley”

by Lylla Younes

November 18, 2019, 12:00 pm EST
What Readers Told Us About Our Story, “The Legend of A-N-N-A”

by Logan Jaffe

November 15, 2019, 5:00 am EST