Virginia rolls back voting rights for ex-felons, bucking shaky bipartisan trend
For more than a decade, states around the country have steadily chipped away at laws that bar former felons from casting a ballot. But there...
In Louisville, federal report on abusive policing comes as no surprise
“We didn’t need the report,” said Melvin Boyd, a 34-year-old activist, referring to Black residents like himself, who make up about one-quarter of the city’s...
Supreme Court to hear arguments in far-reaching elections case
The outcome of the North Carolina gerrymandering case could dramatically increase the power that state legislatures have over voting issues.
Next front line in the abortion wars: State Supreme Courts
Fresh from the political thicket of the U.S. Supreme Court, the struggle over abortion is now moving to venues that are poised to become the...
‘Scared and tired’: Thousands across the U.S. rally against gun violence VIEW
The Saturday protests unfolded in hundreds of cities across the country and at a smattering of locations in Europe.
Leak heightens the perception of a politicized Supreme Court
Revelation of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion on Roe left many Americans feeling unease that a majority of the court had coalesced behind such a...
What did the 2020 Census teach us? We might not know until 2023
The Census Bureau said it would be delayed in publishing many statistics from the 2020 report. Reason include COVID-19 and the need to protect people's...
In North Carolina, a pitched battle over gerrymanders and justices
A fight over who is fit to hear a redistricting case highlights what experts say is the growing influence of ideology and money over state...
Census memo cites ‘unprecedented’ meddling by Trump administration
Newly released documents show that top career officials at the Census Bureau had drafted a list of complaints about political interference in the 2020 count.