A judge’s attempt to resign after his election loss last year could have effectively canceled the will of voters. Critics are demanding an end to the loophole.

Voters in Grants Pass, Oregon, elected a new mayor and four new city councilors with far-right politics in November. The ...

As Trump threatens Chicago, organizers are bracing for raids but also hopeful that a vast suite of local protections and community trainings can limit the scale of deportations.

From the continued threats against the Voting Rights Act to new restrictions on mail ballots and voter registration, courts ...

On July 7, 2022, days after Chad LaVia was freed from a year of incarceration at the jail in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the county sent him a bill for $14,320 in “room and board” fees—$40 for each ...

“One doctor said I got two-to-four years left to live,” drawled 64-year-old James Davis in a deep southern accent. “Another give me three-to-five. They don’t really know. But one thing’s for sure: If ...

There are more than 150 elections for prosecutor and sheriff scheduled in 2025. Below is our Bolts database of those local elections. States that are not listed on this page have no ...

Phillip Vance Smith, II has been incarcerated for 22 years. As a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, his writing has been published in Slate, Logic(s), and The North Carolina Law Review ...

Send us your questions about how prisons make incarcerated people work, from the history of the practice to the efforts to change it. As wildfires rage through Los Angeles, incarcerated firefighters ...