In Detroit and Mobile, former police chiefs who drew criticism over their use of force are running for mayor. In Seattle, a long list of elections—for mayor, city attorney, city council—will add to ...

Over the past year, Seattle has begun barring some residents from entering certain neighborhoods of their city. A new ...

On the first of this month, Wyoming residents began facing some of the nation’s harshest rules when registering to vote, and ...

The Democratic Party in Chesapeake, Virginia’s second-largest city, has embraced and endorsed the local sheriff who ...

Ask a redistricting expert about new GOP efforts to redraw Texas' maps, and the potential impact on Congress and communities ...

Congress is poised to pour tens of billions of dollars into more immigration detention, private jails, and border operations, plus new ICE partnerships with local police and sheriffs.

There may be some relief on the horizon for overworked and understaffed public defenders. The Illinois legislature in May adopted the State Public Defender Act, known to its supporters as the FAIR Act ...

Amber Nance learned of the crushing financial cost of keeping in contact with someone in prison after her husband was sentenced to serve seven years in North Carolina for a crime that she maintains he ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks to reporters in January in New Orleans. A new law which dramatically restricts the ability of prisoners to seek post-conviction relief, has been a ...