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State Tax Systems Contribute to Inequality. These States Are Doubling Down

by The Center for Public Integrity August 31, 2023August 31, 2023

State taxes take a bigger share of income from poorer residents than wealthier ones. Nineteen states are making it worse.

Lead Keeps Poisoning Children. It Doesn’t Have to

by The Center for Public Integrity March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

D.C. Government and Local Colleges Collaborate to Meet Student Demand

by The Washington Informer December 30, 2022January 3, 2023

LGBTQ

The Pioneering Black LGBT Activist You Probably Don’t Know – But Should

by Dawn Suggs November 30, 2022December 1, 2022

Hidden Toll: Thousands of Schools Fail to Count Homeless Students

by The Center for Public Integrity November 16, 2022November 17, 2022

Too Little, Too Late for People Seeking Climate Relief

by The Center for Public Integrity August 10, 2022

Trapped In Harm’s Way as Disasters Mount

by The Center for Public Integrity August 8, 2022

Memorials to Lynching Victims Challenge Who Writes Nation’s History

by Howard Center for Investigative Journalism March 1, 2022March 1, 2022

A Lynching Countenanced by the White Press and Church

by Howard Center for Investigative Journalism February 23, 2022March 1, 2022

Simeon Booker Among Black Chroniclers of Civil Rights-Era Atrocities

by Howard Center for Investigative Journalism February 10, 2022March 1, 2022