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Unequal Risk After a years-long fight, EPA broadens ban on deadly chemical Inequality Law helps vulnerable heirs’ property owners — but only if they can afford it Academic Freedom Amid Israel-Hamas war, colleges draw lines on faculty free speech Toxic Labor They clean up after natural disasters. Now they’re getting sick. INVESTIGATIONS Unequal Burden State tax collectors push struggling people deeper into hardship States across the country resort to punitive policies that make it harder for people to pay off their tax debt, from license suspensions to less help for low-income residents than the IRS. by Maya Srikrishnan and Ashley Clarke High Courts, High Stakes Not just the Supreme Court: Ethics troubles plague state high courts, too North Carolina’s Supreme Court chief justice heard cases despite a conflict of interest. Experts say judicial ethics at state high courts everywhere don’t receive the scrutiny they deserve. by Aaron Mendelson Academic Freedom Attacks on tenure leave college professors eyeing the exits Republican-led efforts to dismantle free-speech protections on college campuses could reshape the geography of higher education. by Matt Krupnick Toolkits How to protect your community from the toxic lead lurking in soil Covering clashes on campus as academic freedom challenges mount What you need to know about school policing Resources for guest workers Podcast Subscribe on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google | Stitcher | Pandora Click transcript to read the trailer transcript. The Heist: Season 3 The third season of the award-winning podcast focuses on the history of government discrimination against Black farmers. ‘Black farmers and ranchers, it’s a dying deal.’ Black farmers and cattle ranchers are a dwindling lot, living on less land and carrying heavier financial burdens than white farmers. The USDA, once part of the problem, wants to turn things around. Why is accurate data about Black farmers so hard to get? The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a history of discrimination. Legislators are pressing it to release more data that could show what progress it’s making. In Oklahoma’s Black Belt, land ownership and power built Black wealth Black folks went West seeking economic independence. That meant land ownership. But racism undid what they built. Can USDA’s efforts on equity help Black farmers overcome ‘toxic debt’? 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