After Flowers was convicted in a sixth trial, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it and a state judge dismissed capital murder charges against him.

I want to help make this a conversation we can have openly, with practical support and compassion for both the person receiving care and the person providing it.

The former House speaker's alma mater changes the name of its economics and government center, following Hastert's indictment

Organizers discuss how they are fighting new women’s prisons in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Illinois.

The longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about 2028.

Then, as now, out-of-state agents snatched people off the street. Then, as now, Illinoisans banded together to try to stop them.

A felony conviction usually means losing rights like voting, serving on a jury or owning a gun. But for the first time in decades, the Justice Department is giving ex-felons a chance to get at least o...

Requiring incarceration based on the charge alone would be both unconstitutional and disastrous.

Alt: Randy Marsh: It Doesn't Work That Way, Son (South Park)