Ramulus Mason was sentenced to life without parole due to North Carolina’s three-strikes law. The man he shot insists that he ...

A new law will restore voting rights for tens of thousands of people on probation and parole. It’s a departure from other GOP ...

As Chicago’s top cop steps down, police are making fewer traffic stops. But our new investigation finds half of stops are ...

California officials dial back the minor reforms they've made to isolation in prison, four years after Governor Gavin Newsom ...

When Confederate states rejoined the Union after the Civil War, Congress anticipated that white lawmakers across the South would manipulate and weaponize the criminal legal system to prevent Black ...

The resounding defeat of Ohio’s Issue 1, a constitutional amendment that would have undercut direct democracy in the state, received wall-to-wall coverage last week because it salvaged the prospect ...

Members of Georgia Stand-Up and We Vote encourage people to vote in Georgia’s 2022 runoff election for U.S Senate. (Steve Schaefer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) Four states are holding their ...

Who are the local and state officials responsible for counting, canvassing, and certifying elections? On this page, Bolts maps out each state’s system. It lays out who is responsible for the different ...

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill on Wednesday signed legislation banning local law enforcement agencies from partnering with federal immigration authorities, making it the 10th state to adopt laws ...

The violence of Trump’s immigration crackdown in cities across the country and the killing of protesters by federal agents have put pressure on local leaders to change their approach to federal ...

The 2024 cycle got off to a rapid start in January. Donald Trump’s unusual double win in Iowa and New Hampshire confirmed that he’s heavily favored to win the GOP presidential nomination. And voters ...

Republican lawmakers in Connecticut hosted a press conference last month in front of white silhouettes cut in the shape of mugshots. Each image represented an imprisoned person who had received ...