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Race

America uprising: Scholars reflect on the death of George Floyd. Plus, 10 tips for journalists covering protests against police violence.

Clark Merrefield | June 3, 2020
Scholars on policing, inequality and media reflect on the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Plus, 10 tips for journalists covering the protests.
Government

Siphoning civil liberties in the name of COVID-19: A research roundup

Clark Merrefield | May 1, 2020
Since the turn of the New Year, governments worldwide -- including in the U.S. -- have curtailed civil liberties in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Tip sheets

10 tips for covering white supremacy and far-right extremists

Denise-Marie Ordway | July 22, 2019
Two experts offer journalists tips to help them better understand and cover white supremacists and other far-right extremists.
Economics

Global warming has worsened economic inequality and made some rich countries richer

Clark Merrefield | April 24, 2019
New research quantifies how global warming has hampered — and benefited — wealthier and poorer economies.
Journalists Daffodil Altan and Andrés Cediel prepare to interview a family in Guatemala.
Reporting

How they did it: Two journalists talk about their teen labor trafficking investigation

Denise-Marie Ordway | February 27, 2019
Journalists Daffodil Altan and Andrés Cediel discuss the importance of tenacity and cultural competency in doing high-quality investigative journalism.
Vehicle stuck on top of a border barrier.
Immigration

What the research says about border walls

Denise-Marie Ordway | February 5, 2019
This roundup of research focuses on border barriers — what they are, why they have become popular, whether they actually help countries control their borders and how they impact the environment and local communities.
Reporting

10 rules for reporting on war trauma survivors

Carmen Nobel | August 9, 2018
Trauma reporting can cause further trauma if it isn't done with care and skill. Our friends at The War Horse share their reporting standards for interviewing the survivors of war-related trauma.
poster against forced sterilization
Race

Forced sterilization in California targeted Latina women

Chloe Reichel | April 27, 2018
California’s eugenic sterilization program disproportionately targeted Latinos, and especially Latina women, new research finds.
US-Mexico border
Immigration

Violence against women crossing the border

Chloe Reichel | March 9, 2018
Research that documents the perils women face on the migrant trail.
Alt-right protestors
Inequality

Hate speech breeds hate, says new research

David Trilling | December 7, 2017
Hate speech is not hard to find in 2017. Such verbal violence begets hate and prejudice, a new study finds.

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