A half-century eroded those constraints. The Supreme Court gutted the campaign finance laws and narrowed the definition of ...

Shifts in congressional process, rising violence and distortions of money in politics render making change even harder for ...

After reviewing state voter rolls going back to the 1980s, Louisiana’s Republican secretary of state announced this month ...

The administration’s plans to fight crime by dictating state bail policy or deploying the National Guard won’t build ...

The line between public service and private gain continues to blur as financial elites secure pardons and regulatory leniency ...

And Landry acknowledged that she couldn’t even be sure that those 79 were actual cases of ineligible votes being cast — some ...

More than 10 federal courts have temporarily halted or rejected actions by the new Trump administration on issues ranging from spending to birthright citizenship. Dozens more lawsuits against the ...

View the entire Corruption in America collection Fossil fuel interests donated heavily to President Trump’s 2024 reelection bid. Months after his victory, oil and gas moguls have continued to pump ...

Editor’s note: A recap of 2021’s voting laws as well as a look at voting legislation planned for 2022 can be found here. The 2020 federal election drew the United States’ highest voter turnout in more ...

Concerns over the risks have led to a near-universal opposition on the left, but some are asking whether it’s wise to take that option off the table. Over the past few decades, conservative activists ...

Since May, the Justice Department has sent letters or emails to at least 35 states requesting details about voters, election officials, and election administration processes, with 31 states receiving ...

Michael Li is senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, where his work focuses on redistricting, voting rights, and elections. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Li practiced law at ...