Author: Monica Rhor, USA TODAY

Black girls are being criminalized at alarming rates. Experts say there are ways to make sure that doesn’t happen.

A USA TODAY project on the criminalization of black girls required building trust, and a lot of reporting.

Black girls don’t misbehave more, experts say, yet they often receive more severe penalties for the same behavior as white peers.

In Houston, African refugee teenagers find strength and brotherhood through soccer.

White extremists often feel “less than,” searching for someone to blame, experts say. But they can change. Here’s how one former Nazi did it.