Researchers created a new method to calculate how many people are detained at ICE facilities – and uncovered some hidden ...

We explain higher education funding to help journalists cover the impacts of changes President Trump has made to the ...

Adam Sawyer is a migration data scientist at Relevant Research. He can be reached at [email protected]. Researchers ...

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Violence against women is horrifyingly common in the United States and the throughout the world. And when civil wars break out, the situation often becomes far worse: Human Rights Watch has described ...

Unlocked is a new series focused on explaining U.S. federal government systems, structures, and processes. This Medicaid explainer is part of that series, which is produced by The Journalist’s ...

Since January 20, the Trump administration has aggressively — yet quietly — expanded a controversial program that delegates immigration enforcement powers to state and local law enforcement agencies ...

“In the span of about two months, the Trump administration radically expanded the 287(g) program beyond anything I have seen in the past 15 years of close study of this precise policy,” writes ...

The U.S. central banking system, the Federal Reserve, is a data-heavy organization. Economists at the bank regularly crunch numbers to inform national decisions, such as setting target interest rates.

The number of people held in immigration detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement essentially flatlined this month. The total detained population—counted as beds occupied at midnight on a ...