By Sarah Smith / ProPublicaSep 25, 2016
One-third of voters took advantage of early-voting options in 2012. But does so-called "convenience voting" increase turnout overall and minority turnout in particular? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigSep 9, 2016
The Republican Party's systematic attempt to disenfranchise African-Americans and other minorities with laws and restrictions at the polls did not die with Jim Crow. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 9, 2016
The "NYPD 12" contend that arrest quotas—which are illegal—force them to target minority communities. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Clara Romeo / TruthdigJun 4, 2016
While garbage from newly gentrified neighborhoods in the nation’s capital gets removed, disenfranchised communities suffer the consequences of hazardous waste management. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigMay 2, 2016
Unless you earn enough to be able to begin to accumulate wealth, you can't get ahead. That's why kids from low-income families start out in life at a huge disadvantage -- especially children of color. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 22, 2016
A new study finds that films and TV shows from major media companies are “whitewashed” in what researchers call an “epidemic of invisibility” that runs through the industry for women, minorities and LGBT people. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Thor Benson / TruthdigJan 7, 2016
Influenced by algorithms, judges who are racially biased might actually hand out milder sentences to minority defendants. But some experts worry that, in the big picture, an imperfect science may work against the accused. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 5, 2015
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer moderates a discussion at the University of Southern California on an explosive Federal Reserve Bank study showing that racial inequality pervades American society at all levels of education, despite hopes to the contrary. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 25, 2015
Their shocking report shows that higher education does nothing to dissolve income inequality for blacks and Hispanics. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 19, 2015
Even when financial aid covers the cost of higher education, many students from poor backgrounds leave college without finishing their four-year degree for a reason some may not expect. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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