Redistricting is on the political agenda of state governments all over the country this year, an unusual trend for the middle ...

Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total ...

It’s 4:30 pm on a Monday as Colell Steele stands in front of the closed canteen window at Neuse Correctional, a medium-custody prison in North Carolina. He’s lined up to wait an hour before the ...

Supporters of Eileen Higgins, a candidate for Miami mayor, outside Miami City Hall in November 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have ...

This article is part of Bolts’ ongoing coverage of the threats faced by the Voting Rights Act. It is published in partnership with MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit newsroom that covers ...

Illinois earlier this year removed obstacles that some trans residents face when changing their name, with legislators lifting more of the restrictions faced by people with criminal convictions. The ...

Angela Staffareni, an organizer and immigrant advocate in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, became a citizen in October and promptly registered to vote for the first time. She awoke Wednesday “full of hope ...

On Tuesday, mostly in the shadow of the Democratic Party’s headlining triumphs, were a series of state and local elections that carried high stakes for election law and voting rights. Conservatives ...

This article is part of our coverage of law enforcement issues in the 2025 municipal races. Read our stories on New York City and Minneapolis. In Seattle last week, voters shifted the political ...