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109 stories published since 2014

Para una niña de seis años atrapada en el laberinto de inmigración, un número de teléfono memorizado se convierte en su salvavidas

por Ginger Thompson,

Video: Separada de su madre en la frontera, una niña de seis años tiene que buscar su propio camino

por Nadia Sussman y Ginger Thompson,

How Voting Laws Have Changed Since 2016

by Ally J. Levine and Blake Paterson,

DeVos Has Scuttled More Than 1,200 Civil Rights Probes Inherited From Obama

by Annie Waldman,

Has Your School Been Investigated for Civil Rights Violations?

by Lena V. Groeger and Annie Waldman,

Have You Experienced or Witnessed Civil Rights Violations at a School? Share Your Story.

by Adriana Gallardo and Annie Waldman,

The Administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel Keeps Monitoring Protesters

by Mick Dumke,

New Allegations Added to Lawsuit on How Facebook’s Targeting Tools Helped Advertisers Exclude Older Workers

by Peter Gosselin,

Federal Watchdog Launches Investigation of Age Bias at IBM

by Peter Gosselin,

Police Are Mislabeling Anti-LGBTQ and Other Crimes as Anti-Heterosexual

by Rachel Glickhouse and Rahima Nasa,

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

by Rahima Nasa,

Were Henry’s Civil Rights Violated?

by Hannah Dreier,

A Killing at Donkey Creek

by Rahima Nasa,

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

by Annie Waldman,

Jacksonville Sheriff Uses Misleading Data to Defend Pedestrian Ticketing

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

NAACP Legal Defense Fund in Jacksonville Over Pedestrian Ticket Enforcement

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

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

by ProPublica,

Congressman’s Bill Would Force Trump Administration to Fulfill Pledge to Study Racial Disparities in Auto Insurance Pricing

by Julia Angwin,

Jacksonville City Council President and Local Public Defender Call for Suspension of Pedestrian Ticket Writing

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

Trump Justice Department Pushes for Citizenship Question on Census, Alarming Experts

by Justin Elliott,

Reporting Recipe: Investigating Your Police Department’s Handling of Hate Crime Reports

by Ken Schwencke,

What We Discovered During a Year of Documenting Hate

by Rachel Glickhouse,

Florida Police Issue Hundreds of Bad Pedestrian Tickets Every Year Because They Don’t Seem to Know the Law

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

Pedestrian Tickets Lead to Hundreds of Suspended Driver’s Licenses

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

Local Lawmakers and Civil Rights Groups Call for Suspending Pedestrian Tickets in Jacksonville

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

Why America Fails at Gathering Hate Crime Statistics

by Ken Schwencke,

A Dubious Arrest, a Compromised Prosecutor, a Tainted Plea: How One Murder Case Exposes a Broken System

by Megan Rose,

Facebook to Temporarily Block Advertisers From Excluding Audiences by Race

by Julia Angwin,

Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race

by Julia Angwin, Ariana Tobin and Madeleine Varner,

This Is Where Hate Crimes Don’t Get Reported

by Ken Schwencke and Hannah Fresques,

One Officer, Scores of Tickets and a Familiar Racial Disparity

by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

Walking While Black

by Topher Sanders and Kate Rabinowitz, ProPublica, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

The Ticketed Feel Targeted

by Topher Sanders, and Benjamin Conarck, The Florida Times-Union [Jacksonville],

Walking While Black

by Ranjani Chakraborty, Vox,

Here Are the Hate Incidents Against Mosques and Islamic Centers Since 2013

by Lylla Younes,

A Stealth History Lesson in Baltimore

by Alec MacGillis,

‘The 100th Nail in the Coffin’ for Integration in Westchester County

by Joaquin Sapien,

Has the Moment for Environmental Justice Been Lost?

by Talia Buford,

A Wisconsin Republican Looks Back With Regret at Voter ID and Redistricting Fights

by Topher Sanders,

Victims in Thousands of Potential Hate Crimes Never Notify Police

by Joe Sexton,

Facebook’s Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men From Hate Speech But Not Black Children

by Julia Angwin, ProPublica, and Hannes Grassegger, special to ProPublica,

Supreme Court Won’t Take Up R.J. Reynolds Age Discrimination Case

by Peter Gosselin,

Trump Administration Quietly Rolls Back Civil Rights Efforts Across Federal Government

by Jessica Huseman and Annie Waldman,

The Trump Administration Lost Again in Court, This Time on Voter ID

by Jessica Huseman,

Photos: Baltimore in the Wake of Freddie Gray

Edwin Torres,

Yes, Black America Fears the Police. Here’s Why.

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

School Segregation, the Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson

Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Keep on Pushing

ProPublica,

In His Professional Twilight, a Son of Mississippi Considers His Legacy on Race

Joe Sexton,

Interview With Civil Rights Legend John Lewis: Audio

Nikole Hannah-Jones,

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