Faced with little transparency about a mammoth facility, Lowndes County fights back.

The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.

Poll observers in Tennessee recorded dozens of incident reports in their primary, a few months before this year’s highly contested midterm elections

Elected officials across the country are fighting the federal government’s mass deportation campaign with new laws and funding. But some states are welcoming the shock troops.

Not even Teddy Roosevelt could break up his corrupt oil monopoly—until a daughter of the Pennsylvania oil fields came along.

By chronicling the shame of lynching in the South, Ida B. Wells exposed the corruption of white supremacy.

By chronicling the shame of lynching in the South, Ida B. Wells exposed the corruption of white supremacy.

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Young Black congresspeople are winning their seats with support from the crypto industry. But can investing in crypto help close the racial wealth gap?

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Guyana has emerged as an oil and gas powerhouse in recent years. How do U.S. and corporate interests complicate the country’s changing conditions?

The list of one judge’s ‘mega master’ hearings was so long on Monday that it nearly reached the floor. The violence in Delaney Hall illustrates what may await immigrants.

A conversation with Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson

A conversation with Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson

Still concentrated in Southern states that ban abortion, Black women disproportionately rely on telehealth, which the Supreme Court has allowed—provisionally—to continue.

Stephenson King Jr. was shot and killed by a Boston police officer last month. It hasn’t yet made national headlines.

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There’s money in bigotry, and specialized crowdfunding platforms are where to get it.

For many younger Americans, this is the first U.S. war in the Middle East. Here’s how we got here.

Trump’s efforts to remove Blacks from America’s story have been countered by scholars, activists, judges—and history itself.

Trump’s efforts to remove Blacks from America’s story have been countered by scholars, activists, judges—and history itself.

Princeton’s Sanyu Mojola examines the public-health issues confronting America’s capital city.

Princeton’s Sanyu Mojola examines the public-health issues confronting America’s capital city.

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort reflect an American legacy of targeting the Black press.

The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort reflect an American legacy of targeting the Black press.

The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good are getting national attention. The brutality against primarily Black, Latino, and Asian immigrants has not triggered the same outrage.

The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good are getting national attention. The brutality against primarily Black, Latino, and Asian immigrants has not triggered the same outrage.

The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good are getting national attention. The brutality against primarily Black, Latino, and Asian immigrants has not triggered the same outrage.

The already struggling system faces more struggles from administration rule changes.

The already struggling system faces more struggles from administration rule changes.

Essential education programming for children in underserved communities is threatened by the proposed elimination of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.

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What have you gone through in the US foster care system? How has your connection to the system affected your health, access to medical care, emotional well-being, education, or other areas of life? Ho...

Amazon Business is billed as a convenient one-stop shop for schools. Reality is more expensive.

Amazon Business is billed as a convenient one-stop shop for schools. Reality is more expensive.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has a grueling mission ahead to preserve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.

Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.

Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.

Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.

Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.

Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.

Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.