For decades, voters and organizations have successfully brought lawsuits against racially discriminatory voting rules under ...

Sixty years ago this month, the Senate passed the Voting Rights Act, a historic breakthrough in a chamber long dominated by ...

The law disproportionately affected people of color and made them less likely to vote in future elections.

The framers wanted to insulate the president and federal officials from corrupting influences, but a new law is needed to ...

Rikers Island is a century-old jail complex on an island sandwiched between the Bronx and Queens in New York City. It’s home to 10 city jails, where you will find violence, chaos, and even death. This ...

Federal law limits the use of troops on American soil, but loopholes invite abuse. Congress and the states must act.

Lawmakers must seize new opportunities to ensure political equality and fair access to the ballot box for Native American communities. Voting rights advocates have had much to celebrate in recent ...

Then there are the transactions that all seem to end up with the first family being paid — starting with the $28 million paid ...

The 2024 federal election cycle was the most secretive since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010. Dark money groups, nonprofits and shell companies that spend on elections without ...

Election officials were some of the biggest heroes of the 2020 election. After a grueling year that saw a pandemic, unprecedented disinformation efforts, and the highest turnout in over a century, ...