Ten years after Kalief Browder’s death by suicide, his story lingers as a reminder of both the horrors of New York City’s ...

A widespread data-sharing program highlights financial ties between local police and immigration enforcement—and how even ...

Democratic U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger, left, and Mikie Sherrill are running for governor, but the former is running uncontested in Virginia’s primary while the latter faces five opponent ...

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 ...

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a national figurehead of the so-called progressive prosecutor movement, survived impeachment proceedings initiated by Republican lawmakers soon after he ...

Advocates pushed the city to prioritize longer-term housing during sweeps, but the policy's future is uncertain in the face ...

Prisons across the United States run on incarcerated labor. People behind bars cook food, sew clothes, clean facilities, manufacture goods, and even work in dangerous industries like agriculture and ...

The article was updated in September 2024 to reflect summer primaries, filing deadlines, and new developments in Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Oklahoma, and Washington, and reflect new ...

In December 2020, on the eve of taking the reins as the district attorney of Los Angeles County, George Gascón was up late trying to make a decision. He’d been elected weeks earlier on promises to ...

State supreme courts have come under a brighter spotlight as battlefields for some of today’s most pressing issues, from abortion rights and climate to extreme sentencing and ballot access. And ...

LaDerrick Campbell has an IQ in the 60s. His defense counsel described him as “the most profoundly mentally ill client” they had ever encountered. Daniel Blank’s confession was coerced; one of the ...