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Changing the experience of incarceration to one that is more constructive and humane is part of a new, dignity-first approach ...

Officials in Virginia and Alabama have blatantly violated federal law in recent weeks in a quest to bolster lies about who ...

Groups affiliated with congressional party leadership are taking more money than ever from secretive donors and spending it ...

Super PACs supporting Harris or Trump raised more than twice as much from donors giving at least $5 million compared to the ...

Trump’s victory is a call to action for those who value our system of checks and balances. Join us Thursday at 3 p.m. ET for ...

Voting in America is still secure. But a dark anti-election movement seeks to change that We can all be confident the vast ...

There are good reasons to be concerned about domestic deployment of the military. An update to DOD Directive 5240.01 isn't ...

Michael Li is senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, where his work focuses on redistricting, voting rights, and elections. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Li practiced law at ...

The U.S. election system has multiple guardrails to ensure that only legitimate votes are counted. There is simply no evidence to support claims that election fraud is widespread. Below, we separate ...

The hurricane made landfall in North Carolina three weeks before the start of early voting and just over a month before Election Day, damaging more than 126,000 homes and leaving 13,000 without power.