This article was published in partnership with NBC News. More than 30 percent of Americans have witnessed someone blaming Asian people for the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new Ipsos survey conducted for the Center for Public Integrity. Sixty percent of Asian Americans, who made up about 6 percent of the survey’s respondents, told Ipsos they’ve […]| Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity’s landmark project, 40 Acres and a Lie has taken second place in the annual Philip Meyer Journalism Award from Investigative Reporters and Editors, which recognizes the best use of social science research methods in journalism. Black Americans have been demanding compensation and restitution for their suffering since the end of the Civil War. […]| Center for Public Integrity
For years, the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance of California had been the primary insurer for the state’s foster family agencies, which house some of the most vulnerable children, including many LGBTQ+ youth, those with severe behavioral or medical needs or who have previously suffered abuse. But in August, NIAC announced it would no longer insure these […] The post Inside the scramble to stop the displacement of thousands of California foster children appeared first on Center for Public ...| Center for Public Integrity
The clock is ticking on a proposed Pennsylvania law mandating that school districts protect the federally guaranteed rights of homeless students. The bill gained traction last year after a Center for Public Integrity investigation revealed that districts in the state locked students out of school for weeks or months while investigating their families’ claims of […] The post Pennsylvania bill could prevent schools from barring homeless students appeared first on Center for Public Integrity.| Center for Public Integrity
In recent years, mental health care has become a mainstream issue. President Biden proposed an expansion of services nationwide. Lawmakers and celebrities speak openly about their struggles. States are providing incentives to expand the behavioral health workforce. Companies are recognizing the need for mental health leave. Telehealth care is rapidly expanding. But countless surveys have […] The post Despite efforts to close gap, parity in mental health care remains elusive appeared first o...| Center for Public Integrity
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center and co-reported with NPR. This story also appeared in NPR 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 with their […] The post ‘The restrictions are unbelievable’: States target voter registration drives appeared first on Center for Public Integrity.| Center for Public Integrity
Editor’s note: This story has graphic language and descriptions of racial slurs, harmful rhetoric and violence against Asians and other students of color attending public schools. If you need support or have experienced violence, discrimination, harassment or racism, find an organization that can help in this database. Hai Au Huynh was fed up. The 45-year-old […] The post Asian students face racism, harassment at school. What would make it stop? appeared first on Center for Public Integrity.| Center for Public Integrity
University of Idaho student Bergen Kludt-Painter started school in August 2022, a few months after a U.S. Supreme Court decision struck down Roe v. Wade. Soon after, abortion was banned in Idaho in almost all instances. This story also appeared in USA TODAY The political science major was eager to discuss the precedent-shattering case in […] The post In Idaho, don’t say ‘abortion’? appeared first on Center for Public Integrity.| Center for Public Integrity
China’s one-child policy was implemented in 1980, restricting families to one child per couple in an effort to curb the country’s population growth rate. Until it officially ended on Jan. 1, 2016, this policy was enforced at the provincial level through a variety of measures, including contraception, fines, sanctions, intimidation and coercion, and abortion and […] The post Cut off from our past, Chinese American adoptees seek belonging appeared first on Center for Public Integrity.| Center for Public Integrity
One May evening in 2022, two Filipino women — mother and daughter — went to pick up snacks at a McDonald’s drive-thru in North Hollywood when a white man allegedly rear-ended their car, drove alongside them and began to shout racial slurs, threatening to kill them. Nerissa Roque, the mother, called the police and husband […] The post Why are hate crimes so hard to convict in court? appeared first on Center for Public Integrity.| Center for Public Integrity
It can kill on the spot or years after prolonged exposure. When methylene chloride’s fumes build up, the chemical switches off the brain’s respiratory center, asphyxiating its victims if it doesn’t trigger a heart attack first. At lower levels, the federal government says, it increases the risk of multiple types of cancer. And despite a […] The post After a years-long fight, EPA broadens ban on deadly chemical appeared first on Center for Public Integrity.| Center for Public Integrity
