The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act was supposed to be a strong dose of medicine for the ills of heirs’ property — jointly owned land with multiple heirs not documented in wills or deedbooks, ...

When Andrea Montañez visited her Orlando-area cardiologist two years ago to treat her abnormally fast heart rate, the receptionists and nurses often misgendered her. This story also appeared in USA ...

This report is part of the “Hate in America “ project produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative, a national investigative reporting project by top college journalism students and recent ...

This story was published in partnership with NBC News and CNBC. “Do we love law enforcement or what?” President Donald Trump asked a cheering crowd during his “Make America Great Again” political ...

Eleven years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the difference in median wealth between white and Black families — in today’s dollars to account for inflation — was about $47,000. More than half a ...

Lois Gibbs, right, executive director of the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice, stands with former vice president of the Love Canal Homeowner’s Association, Deborah Cerrillo Curry, during a ...

Demonstrators march along Main Street in Abingdon, Va., on July 20, 2007, to raise awareness about the abuse of OxyContin. Since 2000, prescription opioid abuse has claimed the lives of 165,000 ...

November 23, 2015, 11:00 a.m.: This story has been updated. In November 2014, Arkansas voters approved a ballot measure that, among other reforms, barred the state’s elected officials from accepting ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Carolina Wassmer piloted a gray SUV around the city, dropping off canvassers from the civic engagement group Poder Latinx one by one. It was a muggy day, but the canvassers hopped out ...

This article was published in partnership with Stateline. The first installment of a new national data release that will help journalists and researchers analyze polling place accessibility was ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Violent crimes and other hate incidents against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans are consistently not reported and prosecuted because of chronic distrust between the ...

Voters and poll workers in the Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois, at the jail's new voting precinct during the March 2020 primary. (Photo courtesy of the Cook County Sheriff's Department) Reading ...