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Juneteenth’s 156-year path to becoming a federal holiday: Here’s the history

Juneteenth’s 156-year path to becoming a federal holiday: Here’s the history

By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2021
How GOP Senate resolution condemning critical race theory distorts the facts

How GOP Senate resolution condemning critical race theory distorts the facts

By Jon Greenberg • June 16, 2021
Donald Trump’s 'I was right about everything,' fact-checked

Donald Trump’s 'I was right about everything,' fact-checked

By Angie Drobnic Holan • June 14, 2021
One year after George Floyd’s death, police reform talks linger

One year after George Floyd’s death, police reform talks linger

By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2021
What is critical race theory, and why are conservatives blocking it?

What is critical race theory, and why are conservatives blocking it?

By Jon Greenberg • May 24, 2021
Evaluating President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office

Evaluating President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office

By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2021
What the first police statement about George Floyd got wrong

What the first police statement about George Floyd got wrong

By Bill McCarthy • April 22, 2021
What Rep. Maxine Waters said about the Chauvin trial and why it matters

What Rep. Maxine Waters said about the Chauvin trial and why it matters

By Amy Sherman • April 21, 2021
The guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, explained

The guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin, explained

By Bill McCarthy • April 20, 2021
Did George Floyd say he ‘ate too many drugs,’ as Derek Chauvin's defense claimed?

Did George Floyd say he ‘ate too many drugs,’ as Derek Chauvin's defense claimed?

By Bill McCarthy • April 8, 2021
Hate crimes against Asian Americans: What the numbers show, and don’t

Hate crimes against Asian Americans: What the numbers show, and don’t

By Amy Sherman • March 19, 2021
Why is Archie not a prince? Fact-checking prince protocol after Meghan and Harry’s Oprah interview

Why is Archie not a prince? Fact-checking prince protocol after Meghan and Harry’s Oprah interview

By Bill McCarthy • March 9, 2021
Sacramento Could Be One Of First Cities To Reform Single-Family Zoning. Here’s How It Would Work.

Sacramento Could Be One Of First Cities To Reform Single-Family Zoning. Here’s How It Would Work.

By Chris Nichols • February 25, 2021
Fact-checking Biden's Milwaukee visit

Fact-checking Biden's Milwaukee visit

By Eric Litke • February 17, 2021
Biden made a lot of promises about race. Can he keep them?

Biden made a lot of promises about race. Can he keep them?

By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2021
PolitiFact’s Biden Promise Tracker: Monitoring 100 of his campaign promises

PolitiFact’s Biden Promise Tracker: Monitoring 100 of his campaign promises

By Amy Sherman • January 20, 2021
Black Lives Matter protests and the Capitol assault: Comparing the police response

Black Lives Matter protests and the Capitol assault: Comparing the police response

By Jon Greenberg • January 8, 2021
Top 10 Kenosha-related fact checks of 2020

Top 10 Kenosha-related fact checks of 2020

By Eric Litke • December 28, 2020
Looking at photos of Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, Donald Trump and Rosa Parks

Looking at photos of Joe Biden, Robert Byrd, Donald Trump and Rosa Parks

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 1, 2020
In context: Donald Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ debate comments on white supremacists

In context: Donald Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ debate comments on white supremacists

By Bill McCarthy • September 30, 2020