A redistricting expert answers questions from Bolts readers about the effort to redraw Texas’ congressional map, and its ...

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Over the past year, Seattle has begun barring some residents from entering certain neighborhoods of their city. A new ...

Voters will decide on a ballot initiative that would set the stage to let everyone vote by mail without an excuse—an option that could expand access for voters with disabilities.

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 ...

From the continued threats against the Voting Rights Act to new restrictions on mail ballots and voter registration, courts will have a lot of opportunities to shape democracy this year.

Your Guide to Four Emerging Threats to the Voting Rights Act Conservatives are targeting Section 2 of the landmark civil rights law with a series of new legal arguments that risk unraveling it further ...

Chicago police are required by law to report every traffic stop. But a new investigation found one-third of traffic stops went unreported.

This article is produced as a collaboration between Bolts and Mother Jones. For the first time since the murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin in May 2020, voters in Minneapolis and ...

Your State-by-State Guide to the 2024 Supreme Court Elections Voters this year are deciding the fate of 82 seats across 33 states’ high courts. Cases involving abortion, democracy, and other critical ...

These offices have wide powers over the scope of incarceration and the conditions of detention, issues that are on the ballot from Tampa and Savannah to Phoenix.