Unfortunately, as in every era when victories against racism have been won, the backlash against reforms came swiftly. We are ...

The split verdict in the Weinstein retrial feels like a setback — but the fight isn’t over ...

The Alien Registration Act requires non-citizens to register with the federal government. That provision hadn’t been enforced in 75 years.

Among the cases is the one against Douglas Black, who had been charged with the first-degree murder of Roberts’ stepson, ...

A judge in Massachusetts has blocked President Donald Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democratic state ...

On a special episode (first released on June 12, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Trump’s spate of controversial pardons hint at a two-tiered system of justice where only allies get clemency. Former U.S.

California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, ...

The Ankita Bhandari case exposed deep flaws in the system, but also showed how public pressure, due process, and determined policing can align to deliver justice, even when the odds seem stacked.

A measure Illinois lawmakers sent to Gov. JB Pritzker would streamline firearms ID process for low-level gun offenders.

Democratic candidates Jay Jones and Shannon Taylor have questioned each other’s fitness for the office. The victor will face ...

The Polk County Intensive Supervision Drug Court program has been around since the late 1990s. It helps people who once struggled with addiction.

Last year’s Proposition 36, which increased penalties on certain drug and property offenses, did so by convincing millions of ...