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Recent Supreme Court decisions have weakened the Voting Rights Act and left communities of color with fewer protections, requiring advocates to pair vigilance with bold legal, civic, and structural re...

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President’s speech, declassification of documents and heightened claims of noncitizen voting have experts concerned

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The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

### Our democracy depends on our participation. And as we head into elections, that participation is strongest when our communities understand how our elections work. **Organizing To Protect Democra...

Almost nobody who lives here. The FCC just removed the last federal limit on how big broadcast owners can get — here's how that, plus newspaper consolidation and lost public broadcasting funding, is p...

Federal lawsuit alleges children are being repatriated despite many of them qualifying to remain in the US legally

That number is expected to grow as current and looming federal healthcare changes lead Virginians to drop or lose their insurance.

American elections have always had referees, career officials who make sure nobody puts a thumb on the scale. Many of those officials are gone now, and Congress is moving bills that would make it hard...

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WASHINGTON — When the overhead lights turn off at the Farmville Detention Center in Virginia, it not only means that night has arrived for Aliaksei Scharbachenia, but that panic attacks will soon foll...

The cancellation raises questions about how Pentagon anti-DEI policies apply to military recognition events.

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Addendum quietly slipped into widely criticized agreement creating a $1.7bn fund to compensate president’s allies

American elections have always had referees—career officials who make sure nobody puts a thumb on the scale. Many of those officials are gone now, and Congress is moving bills that would make it harde...

The FBI is executing search warrants at the office of a top Virginia lawmaker as part of a corruption investigation, according to FOX News.

The traditional strength of American elections has always been its decentralization. Creating a national master list of eligible voter is doomed to failure and is an attempt to deny the vote to vunera...

The traditional strength of American elections has always been its decentralization. Creating a national master list of eligible voter is doomed to failure and is an attempt to deny the vote to vunera...