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 ...

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

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

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.

Lawmakers must seize new opportunities to ensure political equality and fair access to the ballot box for Native American communities. Voting rights advocates have had much to celebrate in recent ...

Babak Pasdar, President and CEO of Bat Blue Networks, is an information technology security expert. In 2008 Pasdar reported his discovery of an unrestricted portal into a major telecommunications ...

Then there are the transactions that all seem to end up with the first family being paid — starting with the $28 million paid ...

Adequate transparency and oversight can ensure AI tools in election offices are helpful and not harmful. Any office that works with AI should ensure that it does so with appropriate attention to ...

Social media has come to play a crucial role in political expression, social interaction, and community organizing in recent years. As the number of users and the amount of information exchanged ...

An assessment of likely future vacancies and their impact on diversity on the bench. President Biden entered office promising to diversify the federal judiciary. He vowed to nominate larger ...