Since June 2026, four more Black Americans have been found hanging in Miami, Albany, rural Michigan, and Raleigh — each ruled a suicide, each disputed by…
Category: Racial Justice
Investigations and analysis on racial inequity in policing, courts, housing, health care and employment.
Investigations Aug 19, 2026Black Americans Have Lost 90% of Their Land Since 1910 — and Three New Fights Are Happening Right Now
Black landowners have lost more than 90% of their acreage since 1910, a $326 billion loss that gets almost no national coverage. Three live 2026 fights in…
Crime & Justice Aug 19, 2026Massachusetts Joins Cyclospora Outbreak as Parasite Reaches 41 States
Massachusetts is now on the Cyclospora outbreak list — but officials say ‘nothing unusual’ as the parasite reaches 41 states.
Racial Justice Aug 18, 2026DOE Shut, Endowments Targeted: Trump’s Campus Crackdown
Trump’s higher-ed crackdown is now a documented timeline: DOE shuttered, Title VI probes soaring. What it means for Black students and HBCUs.
Racial Justice Aug 18, 2026Remedies Abandoned: How Trump Gutted Civil Rights Enforcement
HRW documents how Trump-era agencies abandoned consent decrees, disparate-impact claims, and other remedies that protected Black Americans.
Racial Justice Aug 18, 2026Project 2025 Author Dennis Kirk Tapped as Interior Watchdog
Trump nominated Project 2025 author Dennis Kirk as Interior IG, handing a blueprint architect power over tribal lands, parks, and energy oversight.
Crime & Justice Aug 18, 2026Recalled Lettuce Parasite Expands to 2 New States as FDA Traces Sales
Parasitic outbreak tied to recalled lettuce grows into two new states; FDA data reveals where contaminated lettuce was sold.
Racial Justice Aug 17, 202613,909 Michigan Cyclosporiasis Cases as Outbreak Nears 14,000
Michigan’s cyclosporiasis cases surged to 13,909 — up 1,424 in days — as the outbreak closes in on 14,000 infections.