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The Overlooked

Real people whose deaths or disappearances the press mostly skipped — and the documented reason some get covered and most don't.

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Some Deaths Make the News. Most Don't. And the Gap Isn't Random.

Some Deaths Make the News. Most Don't. And the Gap Isn't Random.

When someone goes missing or is found dead, whether the country hears their name isn't random — it tracks race and class, and the disparity is documented down to the percentages. Here's the pattern, the numbers, why it happens, and the viral figures about it that are themselves wrong.

2026-06-25 · explainer
Tonea Miller Died on Juneteenth. Her Family Disputes the Official Account, and the News Was a Week Late.

Tonea Miller Died on Juneteenth. Her Family Disputes the Official Account, and the News Was a Week Late.

Tonea Miller, 27, was found hanging in a Miami park on Juneteenth. Police call it an apparent suicide; the medical examiner hasn't ruled; her family doesn't believe it. We can't tell you how she died — but for a week almost no one in the press said her name, and that silence is its own story.

2026-06-25 · explainer
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