Alonzo Bland Jr., of Richmond, did everything the state asked of him following his felony conviction: He served time in state ...

A judge’s attempt to resign after his election loss last year could have effectively canceled the will of voters. Critics are ...

From the continued threats against the Voting Rights Act to new restrictions on mail ballots and voter registration, courts ...

Voters in Grants Pass, Oregon, elected a new mayor and four new city councilors with far-right politics in November. The ...

As Trump threatens Chicago, organizers are bracing for raids but also hopeful that a vast suite of local protections and community trainings can limit the scale of deportations.

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Send us your questions about how prisons make incarcerated people work, from the history of the practice to the efforts to change it. As wildfires rage through Los Angeles, incarcerated firefighters ...

On July 7, 2022, days after Chad LaVia was freed from a year of incarceration at the jail in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the county sent him a bill for $14,320 in “room and board” fees—$40 for each ...