For decades, voters and organizations have successfully brought lawsuits against racially discriminatory voting rules under ...

Sixty years ago this month, the Senate passed the Voting Rights Act, a historic breakthrough in a chamber long dominated by segregationists. Now, through cases like Shelby County v. Holder, the ...

The framers wanted to insulate the president and federal officials from corrupting influences, but a new law is needed to ...

The law disproportionately affected people of color and made them less likely to vote in future elections.

Rikers Island is a century-old jail complex on an island sandwiched between the Bronx and Queens in New York City. It’s home to 10 city jails, where you will find violence, chaos, and even death. This ...

Federal law limits the use of troops on American soil, but loopholes invite abuse. Congress and the states must act.

The 2024 federal election cycle was the most secretive since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010. Dark money groups, nonprofits and shell companies that spend on elections without ...

Federal and state policymakers must rise to the challenge artificial intelligence poses to safe, secure elections and responsive, accountable governance. Without proper safeguards and reforms, ...

The 2024 election cycle saw nationwide spending by the biggest donors climb ever higher, as it has since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010. Super PACs funded by a few megadonors ...

On the surface, the 2024 fight between Democrats and Republicans to control the House resulted in continuation of the status quo. In 2022, Republicans won a net of nine Democratic seats to gain a ...

This article first appeared at Just Security. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to carry out the largest deportation operation in American history. While he has provided few specifics about ...

The law, which lets the president deploy the military domestically and use it for civilian law enforcement, is dangerously vague and in urgent need of reform. The Insurrection Act needs a major ...