Race | The Marshall Project

Commentary November 13

The Inspiring Life and Career of Devah Pager

An appreciation of the Harvard sociologist who meticulously documented racial discrimination in the criminal justice system.

Bruce Western

Life Inside September 13

All The Ways Being White Helped Me Avoid Prison

“As a young, educated white girl, I confused everyone I encountered in law enforcement.”

By Jennifer Jordan

Analysis September 12

Subway Policing in New York City Still Has A Race Problem

As the NYPD slows arrests for fare evasion, neighborhoods of color remain a target.

By Anna Flagg and Ashley Nerbovig

Series August 28

Southside

A collection of stories about criminal justice in Chicago

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Case in Point May 6

A Murder Case Unravels

Prosecutors stacked the deck. Forty-one years later, that may be enough to free Johnny Gates.

By Andrew Cohen

Commentary May 2

Too ‘Woke’ for the Jury Box?

How movement moments complicate jury selection.

By Todd Oppenheim

Commentary April 11

Police Brutality Drove a Wedge Between Me and My Church

“I still believe that the congregation has some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. Unfortunately, there were limits to that warmth that I could not abide.”

Anthony Fowler Jr.

Life Inside February 22

I Sent an Innocent Man to Prison

A juror’s regret.

By D'shean Kennedy as told to Maurice Chammah

Life Inside February 15

A Black Mother’s Survival Guide for Her Teenage Son

"The only right you have, I told him, is to make it home alive."

By Meredith Walker as told to Alysia Santo

Feature February 1

The First Ever Marshall Project Guide to the Super Bowl

A criminal justice matchup

By Justin George