The California governor's clemency decisions focus on people facing what he seems to view as systemic injustices. But his record on pardons wasn't always so progressive.
Earlier this month, two trucks from the caravan disappeared in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.
The administration is determined to use a new law to expand the private sector's role in veterans' health care—a move that end up being costly for former service members.
If I spend enough of my lived experience fighting my way out of lies, I might find myself too exhausted to receive the truth when I'm done.
Months after Los Angeles denied federal funding to surveil its communities, the California government is poised to pay non-profits to do the same.
Media outlets have been quick to attribute women's electoral achievements to Democrats but the reality is more complicated than that narrative suggests.
In one instance, the New York City Council proposed a bill that would codify robust cable privacy rules governing all cable providers in the city.
A Cornell University government scholar warns that false claims of voter fraud have dangerous long-term implications.
Tom Emens couldn't hold his abuser accountable, so he's taking his fight to the entire state.
Before leaving office, Sessions signed an order to ensure that the Department of Justice disengaged from its role in investigating and reforming police departments that repeatedly violate citizens' civil rights.
Pop Gym, a Brooklyn-based martial arts collective, is bringing self-defense to unexpected venues—and the vulnerable.
The convenience store giant may have played a role in immigration enforcement sweeps at franchises across the country.
Homelessness, a chaotic VA, PTSD, and a shrinking cohort are just some of the challenges for the group—and the country.
The five boroughs saw unusually high precipitation on Tuesday, with nearly 100 percent humidity, as New Yorkers trudged through the rain to cast their ballots.
Hurricane Katrina forced policymakers in the city and state to fix not only some of the worst circumstances of incarceration, but also to prevent people from being held in dangerous conditions altogether.
New research finds that the rate of such tragedies, which had been declining, has returned to the level of 12 years ago.
New research presents evidence of the long-term impact of direct action.
Across the country, Americans had their enthusiasm to vote tested by problems at polling places including long lines and a shortage of ballots.
Voters in three of four states with marijuana ballot proposals passed initiatives that loosen restrictions on the substance, but that won't necessarily result in nation-wide expansion of this policy.
Both amendments were patterned after a successful policy change in Tennessee.
Political scientist David Faris argues that Tuesday's mid-terms were a clear repudiation of President Donald Trump and his party.
Though these ballot initiatives address the state's homelessness problem, many homeless people won't be able to vote on them.
As the caravan of migrants heads north, one case demonstrates how difficult attaining asylum can be for people who face violence and even certain death if they return home.
Indigenous high schoolers are organizing to let their families vote in an election they argue is designed to block them from the polls.