Uncovering Disparities in Policing by Analyzing Traffic Stop Data
A conversation with professor Frank Baumgartner, who led a research team that analyzed every North Carolina police stop since 2002.
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Are the Feds Cherry-Picking Data to Force Pipelines Through Vulnerable Communities?
Critics say the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency has masked the high costs of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to communities of color.
A County Sheriff Election in North Carolina Sheds Light on a Controversial ICE Policy
The winner has vowed to discontinue a program that allows local sheriffs' offices to function as satellite immigration detention centers.
One Small City in New York Is Finding Innovative Ways to Combat Domestic Abuse
For years advocates have wondered: How can abusers effectively be held accountable for stalking, harassing, assaulting, threatening, or killing their current and former partners? Kingston, New York, might have an answer.
North Carolina Supreme Court to Reconsider Death Sentences for Three Inmates of Color
The case once more raises the issue of persistent racial bias in North Carolina's history of sentencing black defendants.
How Dividing County School Districts Can Lead to de Facto Segregation
In states like North Carolina, splitting up county-wide school systems often results in unequal access to resources separated down racial lines.
Americans Love Guns, but They Have No Idea How to Use Them
Devotion to the Second Amendment has somehow replaced personal responsibility as the core idea of the right to bear arms.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Challenge to Reinstate North Carolina Voter ID Law
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear North Carolina's appeal to reinstate voting restrictions.
How Hollywood Could Bring an End to North Carolina’s Anti-LGBT Drama
The film industry can be a driving force behind the corporate boycott of states with religious freedom legislation—to a point.
Bathroom Panic Dooms Trans Equality
The North Carolina legislature has passed a law that leaves the state's gay and transgender residents unprotected against discrimination.
How Segregated Schools Drive Criminal Behaviors
Segregated schools are producing higher levels of criminal networking and behavior among students.
'A Thousand Ways to Kneel and Kiss the Ground': Re-Framing Islam in North Carolina
Scenes before a tragedy—and how art responds to murder.
A Desperate Town Hands Over Its DNA
The new American economy in three tablespoons of blood, a Walmart gift card, and a former mill town's DNA.
Guantánamo Off I-95: Detention and Predation in North Carolina
Why the state needs to crack down on its predatory prosecutors—fast.
16 Months in the Hole: Lessons From Solitary Confinement
A reformed drug dealer on the prisons of North Carolina.