Black Judge Refuses to Recuse Himself in Shooting by White Officer

Judge Greg Griffin of Alabama had complained on Facebook of being racially profiled by the police, prompting lawyers defending a white police officer to suggest he step away.

White Tulsa Officer Is Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Black Driver

By LUCIA WALINCHUS and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA May 17, 2017 TULSA, Okla. — Jurors on Wednesday found a white police officer not guilty in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last year, one in a string of law enforcement...

Their Public Housing at the End of Its Life, Residents Ask: What Now?

By MONICA DAVEY May 17, 2017 CAIRO, Ill. — Residents hear mice rustling in the walls at night. Some occupants leave ovens on in the winter, their doors perched open, because furnaces fail. Ceilings droop from water damage, mold creeps across walls, and...

Feeling the Winds of Change in a G.O.P. Bastion Outside Atlanta

By RICHARD FAUSSET May 3, 2017 ATLANTA — As Anjali Enjeti’s mother-in-law was tagging along on a recent family trip to New York City, there was a moment when she pointed out the glory of Manhattan’s diversity — as though it were...