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Racial Justice
Examining Race and Racism in America
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- Missouri Outlawed Abortion, and Now It’s Funding an Anti-Abortion Group That Works in Other States
- Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works.
- Kristi Noem Said She Is Proud to “Support Babies, Moms, and Families.” Her Record Shows Otherwise, Critics Say.
Biden Administration
The 46th President and His Administration
- New Mexico AG to Investigate Gallup-McKinley School District for Harsh Discipline of Native American Students
- In Secret Recording, a Top City Library Official Calls Alaska Natives “Woke” and “Racists”
- Eugene Clemons May Be Ineligible for the Death Penalty. A Rigid Clinton-Era Law Could Force Him to Be Executed Anyway.
Courts
An Eye on the American Judicial System
- Even When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families’ Interests, Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse
- North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code
- Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds
Criminal Justice
Accountability in Crime and Law
- New Louisiana Law Serves as a Warning to Bystanders Who Film Police: Stay Away or Face Arrest
- New York Lawmakers Call for Police Commissioner to Be Stripped of Power to Bury Brutality Cases
- A Judge Ruled a Louisiana Prison’s Health Care System Has Failed Inmates for Decades. A Federal Law Could Block Reforms.
Debt
What Americans Owe and Why
Democracy
Inside Voting in America
Education
Inside Our Schools
- A 10-Year-Old Pointed a Finger Gun. The Principal Kicked Him Out of His Tennessee School for a Year.
- Cookie & Zo’e: A Georgia Family Wrestles With School Choice 60 Years After the Start of Desegregation
- In a Town Full of Segregation Academies, One Black Family Grapples With the Best School Choice for Their Daughter
Environment
The Tension Between Humans and Nature
- When Is “Recyclable” Not Really Recyclable? When the Plastics Industry Gets to Define What the Word Means.
- As Millions of Acres Burn, Firefighters Say the U.S. Forest Service Has Left Them With Critical Shortages
- After Nike Leaders Promised Climate Action, Their Corporate Jets Kept Flying — and Polluting
Health Care
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Health Industry and Regulation
Immigration
How Policy Impacts Migrants
Labor
What Work Is Like in the U.S.
Military
Accountability for the Armed Forces
- Blinken Says Israeli Units Accused of Serious Violations Have Done Enough to Avoid Sanctions. Experts and Insiders Disagree.
- Soldiers Charged With Violent Crimes Will Now Face More Scrutiny Before They Can Simply Leave the Army
- A Federal Judge Ruled That ProPublica’s Lawsuit Over Military Court Access Should Move Forward
- New Louisiana Law Serves as a Warning to Bystanders Who Film Police: Stay Away or Face Arrest
- New York Lawmakers Call for Police Commissioner to Be Stripped of Power to Bury Brutality Cases
- The NYPD Commissioner Responded to Our Story That Revealed He’s Burying Police Brutality Cases. We Fact-Check Him.
Politics
Holding Political Actors Accountable
Regulation
The Efforts to Keep Industry in Check
Technology
How Big Tech Impacts Our Lives
Trump Administration
The 45th President and His Administration
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