How the city’s media created public panic over a crime wave that wasn’t and dismantled Colorado’s storied juvenile justice system

In a true government-to-government relationship, the United States would properly consult with tribal nations—and, crucially, tribes could reject America’s plans. Can we ever get there?

We’ve heard repeatedly from the country’s vaccine resisters. But what about the people who follow the rules? They’re ignored and forgotten—and they are in pain.

A basic income experiment in the state should teach national Democrats a lesson as they weigh a permanent Child Tax Credit.

As Democrats withdraw support, we may see a future in which charters turn rightward—while still getting federal funding.

As the Supreme Court starts its fall term, we’ll learn whether the new conservative majority respects the court’s own precedents.

Thanks to one judge, members of the family that made billions from OxyContin could escape justice for their role in the opioid epidemic. Mike Quinn may be the best hope of holding them to account.

How student debtors took a radical idea to the mainstream

Why we can’t afford to make peace with white supremacists

Inside an assisted living facility at the center of New York City’s coronavirus outbreak

Can cop associations’ dirty tactics survive a new era of protest?

The pandemic should force America to remake higher education.

Why the “racial wealth gap” fails to explain economic inequality in black and white America

The vast, hidden inequities of the civil legal system

Criminal justice reformers are rethinking the crusade against cash bail.

Imagine how much worse off we'd be if governors weren't challenging Trump’s policy of neglect.

The poisonous contradictions of coptalk

Why the GOP is poised to create large-scale voting chaos this year

Hoda Muthana left the U.S. to join ISIS. Now she wants to return home to stand trial, but the Trump administration won’t let her. She is a test case for the future of birthright citizenship.

Managing race relations from above