Families of incarcerated people have long faced arbitrary denial of visits and harassment by prison staff. They advocated for ...

When Washington state voters approved new gun control rules in 2018, several sheriffs announced they would not enforce them because they believed them to be unconstitutional, prompting warnings from ...

The Trump administration plans to upend the census. They’re proposing to exclude noncitizens from the count that determines the distribution of congressional seats, a move that would subtract ...

The midterms will usher in a new cast of characters to oversee the next presidential race. They’ll decide how to answer Trump ...

Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility ...

The water system that provides for the entire Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota has been contaminated with dangerous levels of manganese that have made the water undrinkable since May. For Lonna ...

Raúl Grijalva, a progressive member of Congress from Arizona, passed away in March, and the race to replace him starts in July. (Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP) We’re only days removed from ...

Wisconsin’s Sauk and Winnebago counties joined an ICE program to boost immigration enforcement. Candidates running for sheriff have vowed to quit it if elected next month.

When Danny Tarkenton learned that federal agents had shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last winter, she felt concerned that her local officials would not push back should ...

This article was produced as a collaboration between Bolts and The Intercept. Alan Miller had spent the six months leading up to his execution confined to his cell. Though Miller was never given an ...

This article was produced as a collaboration between Bolts and New York Focus. Five years ago, a social worker who believed in rehabilitation joined the New York State Board of Parole. During her time ...

Voters in Lewiston, Maine, here pictured in 2022, will decide a competitive state House seat critical to control of the state government this year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Democrats hold the ...