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Racial Justice

Examining Race and Racism in America

384 stories published since 2008

Latina Is Asked “Are You Sure You Are a U.S. Citizen?” at Texas Polling Place

Reporting Recipe: How to Investigate Racial Disparities at Your School

More Than Me Addresses Inaccurate Tax Returns, Loses 2 Board Members, Has Funds Suspended by Donor

4 Members of Violent White Supremacist Group Face Riot Charges, Federal Authorities Say

Amid Protest in Liberia, Its Vice President Gets List of Demands About More Than Me

Explore Racial Disparities in Hundreds of Illinois Schools and Districts

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

More Than Me CEO Katie Meyler Temporarily Steps Down

Unprotected

Four Men Arrested Over Unrest During 2017 “Unite the Right” Rally

“A Never-Ending Commitment”: The High Cost of Preserving Vulnerable Beaches

Bipartisan Furor as North Carolina Election Law Shrinks Early Voting Locations by Almost 20 Percent

Black Patients Miss Out On Promising Cancer Drugs

Note to the Next Mayor: Chicago Is a City of the World, But We Want the Neighborhoods Fixed, Too

There Was a Plan to Save This City From Flooding. But When the Rains Came, So Did Hesitance.

How the Army Corps’ Hesitation Nearly Destroyed a City

Marines Move to Tackle Racial Extremists in the Corps

What’s the City of Chicago Doing About Its Problem With Duplicate Sticker Tickets?

48 Hours in Charlottesville: Fear, Nausea, and a Sad Lack of Surprise

New York City Launches Initiative to Eliminate Racial Disparities in Maternal Death

The “Terrible” Consequences of Chicago’s Ticketing Policies

Chicago Hiked the Cost of Vehicle City Sticker Violations to Boost Revenue. But It’s Driven More Low-Income, Black Motorists Into Debt.

Facebook Promises to Bar Advertisers From Targeting Ads by Race or Ethnicity. Again.

In New York, Intolerance Has Become Routine

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

A Day After Report, Violent White Supremacist Loses Job With Defense Contractor

How ProPublica Illinois and WBEZ Worked Together to Find Thousands of Duplicate Tickets in Chicago

He Is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group. So Why Is He Working for a Defense Contractor With a Security Clearance?

American Hate Group Looks to Make Allies in Europe

I Went in Search of Abandoned African-American Cemeteries

U.S. Senate Committee Proposes $50 Million to Prevent Mothers Dying in Childbirth

U.S. Marine to Be Imprisoned Over Involvement With Hate Groups

Behind the Criminal Immigration Law: Eugenics and White Supremacy

How Racial Profiling Goes Unchecked in Immigration Enforcement

An Alarming Tip About a Neo-Nazi Marine, Then an Uncertain Response

At a Killer’s Sentencing, Native Americans Talk of Both Healing and Enduring Suspicions

Chicago Begins To Rethink How Bankruptcy Lawyers Get Paid

Marines Open Investigation into Active-Duty White Supremacist

Ranks of Notorious Hate Group Include Active-Duty Military

Climate Change and Vulnerable Communities — Let’s Talk About This Hot Mess.

He’s a Proud Neo-Nazi, Charlottesville Attacker – and a U.S. Marine

A Killing at Donkey Creek

Shutdown of Texas Schools Probe Shows Trump Administration Pullback on Civil Rights

Jacksonville Sheriff Uses Misleading Data to Defend Pedestrian Ticketing

Chicago’s Gang Database Isn’t Just About Gangs

NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Jacksonville Over Pedestrian Ticket Enforcement

Fair Housing Groups Sue Facebook for Allowing Discrimination in Housing Ads

Jacksonville Sheriff Admits Race May Have Played a Role in Ticket Writing

The FBI — ‘Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity’ — Still Working on Diversity

How Chicago Ticket Debt Sends Black Motorists Into Bankruptcy