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What Abigail Fisher’s Affirmative Action Case Was Really About

The plaintiff in the Supreme Court case challenging the use of race in college admission looks to be the perfect argument. But the case barely mentions her. Instead, the agenda is much broader: To fight race-based policies everywhere. → Read More

Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law

The authors of the 1968 Fair Housing Act wanted to reverse decades of government-fostered segregation. But presidents from both parties declined to enforce a law that stirred vehement opposition. → Read More

Segregation Now

Investigating America’s racial divide in education, housing and beyond. → Read More

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

Shots were fired in Long Island, but there was no rush to call 911. It made perfect sense to ProPublica’s Nikole Hannah-Jones. → Read More

Housing Enforcement Group Sues M&T Bank for Discrimination

The unusual lawsuit draws on secret videotapes and recordings to argue that the bank's loan officers discriminated against blacks, Latinos and Asians who applied for mortgages. → Read More

Supreme Court’s Latest Race Case: Housing Discrimination

Many fear Texas case could gut the landmark Fair Housing Act. → Read More

School Segregation, the Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson

Michael Brown beat the odds by graduating from high school before his death — odds that remain stacked against black students in St. Louis and the rest of the country. → Read More

How Do You Experience Segregation? Tell Us What #SegregationIs Where You Live

We're working with The New York Times to expose the injustice of segregation and explore what segregation looks and feels like in America today. Share your experience with #SegregationIs. → Read More

School Segregation, the Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson

Michael Brown beat the odds by graduating from high school before his death — odds that remain stacked against black students in St. Louis and the rest of the country. → Read More

How Do You Experience Segregation? Tell Us What #SegregationIs Where You Live

We're working with The New York Times to expose the injustice of segregation and explore what segregation looks and feels like in America today. Share your experience with #SegregationIs. → Read More

How the Supreme Court Could Scuttle Critical Fair Housing Rule

The Obama administration is preparing to issue a rule that defines when business or government actions with a disproportionate effect on minorities, the disabled and people with children violate the Fair Housing Act. → Read More

A Brutal Loss, but an Enduring Conviction

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. → Read More

In Desegregation Case, Judge Blasts School Officials and Justice Department

A federal judge in Alabama says local school board has failed to meet legal mandate to integrate. → Read More

Ghosts of Greenwood

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. → Read More

Segregation Now: ProPublica to Bring Discussion of School Resegregation up North

Sixty years after Brown v. Board, partnering with the Bronx Documentary Center on a photo exhibit and panel. → Read More

Lack of Order: The Erosion of a Once-Great Force for Integration

The federal government’s vigilance in enforcing the court-backed desegregation of the country’s schools is a shadow of what it once was. → Read More

Lack of Order: The Erosion of a Once-Great Force for Integration

The federal government’s vigilance in enforcing the court-backed desegregation of the country’s schools is a shadow of what it once was. → Read More

Lack of Order: The Erosion of a Once-Great Force for Integration

The federal government’s vigilance in enforcing the court-backed desegregation of the country’s schools is a shadow of what it once was. → Read More

Lack of Order: The Erosion of a Once-Great Force for Integration

The federal government’s vigilance in enforcing the court-backed desegregation of the country’s schools is a shadow of what it once was. → Read More

Lack of Order: The Erosion of a Once-Great Force for Integration

The federal government’s vigilance in enforcing the court-backed desegregation of the country’s schools is a shadow of what it once was. → Read More