The cameras are mounted across downtown New Orleans: hanging from balconies on Bourbon Street, bolted to the exterior walls ...

Florida’s supreme court blessed the 2022 GOP gerrymander, weakening a key provision of the voter-approved Fair Districts ...

The democracy vouchers program hands residents $100 to donate to local candidates and it’s credited with broadening civic ...

An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. His case highlights a particularly harsh ...

Andrew Pantazi is a Jacksonville-based investigative journalist who reports on the forces shaping Florida’s democracy. His ...

Faced with popular initiatives to protect abortion rights and other measures they dislike, state Republicans are passing new bills that local advocates say will hollow out direct democracy. Organizers ...

Despite federal oversight, elections, and promises of reform from a new sheriff, little has changed for people detained in ...

I follow the U.S. Supreme Court: Why also care about state supreme courts? If state and local governments have any involvement in an issue, you can bet that state supreme courts shape public policy on ...

Chicago built a new police team to rebuild community trust. It harassed drivers of color instead.

By international human rights standards, Jack Morris was tortured by the state of California for almost four decades. Morris mostly lived in solitary confinement from the time he went to prison in ...