Criminal Justice
America’s drug war, revealed
How a baggie of crack cocaine packed with fear, distortion and misconceptions and one presidential address in the 1980s helped shape the war on drugs.
Inequality
Worked Over
Elderly often face neglect in California care homes that exploit workers
Rat bites, bedsores and other injuries plague residents in many homes cited for labor violations.
Inequality
The right to boycott
We look at where an Israel boycott clause in employment contracts comes from and weigh it against the First Amendment right to free speech.
Inequality
Year of return
We reflect on how the legacy of slavery has reverberated through the generations to the present.
Kids on the Line
Leaked immigration court official’s directive could violate rules that protect families from deportation
Legal experts say placing hard limits on family immigration cases could be illegal.
Impact
Congressman calls for action to combat exploitation in senior residential care industry
The request marks the federal government’s first steps to tackle the systematic abuse of care homes’ mostly poor, immigrant workers.
Kept Out
Can algorithms be racist? Trump’s housing department says no
A new HUD rule would make it difficult for banks to be sued when their algorithms result in people of color being disproportionately denied housing.
Kids on the Line
N.C. shut down a group home last year. The US just gave it a contract to house migrant children
As the Office of Refugee Resettlement rapidly expands its shelter network, it’s adding providers with little experience and troubling track records.
Kids on the Line
In harm’s way
The federal government is quietly expanding its use of “tender age” shelters for migrant kids. We’ll tell you what we know.
Kids on the Line
The US is quietly opening shelters for babies and young kids. One has 12 children and no mothers
The government is expanding its use of shelters to house migrant children, even as it faces scrutiny for inhumane conditions at existing facilities.
