Public outrage made a big difference in stalling the anti-voter bill the last time it gained momentum — and it could again.

Most Americans don’t know what it’s like inside the United States’ 1,664 state and federal prisons. 1 Yet even those who ...

The Major Questions newsletter from Jesse Wegman will put rulings in context and explore ways to fix the Court.

Summary: Financial incentives throughout the criminal justice system encourage punitive enforcement and sustain mass incarceration. Realigning them will require action from municipalities to the ...

The presidential election cannot be canceled — the Constitution requires that presidential elections take place this year. No one, not even the president, can cancel the presidential election.

Fossil fuel interests donated heavily to President Trump’s 2024 reelection bid. Months after his victory, oil and gas moguls have continued to pump money into his political coffers. Now, as promised ...

There are 4 million people on probation, which is about the same number of people who live in Connecticut or Oklahoma. Here’s a look at the numbers. While it is common knowledge that America ...

Marina Pino testified before the State of Connecticut General Assembly’s Government Administration and Elections Committee on March 18, 2026 in support of the policy of moving municipal elections to ...

The United States is one of the only countries in the world with a cash bail system that is dominated by commercial bail bondsmen. This system discriminates against people of color and the poor, and ...

Gerrymandering describes the intentional manipulation of district boundaries to discriminate against a group of voters on the basis of their political views or race. The term dates to 1812 when ...

A handful of wealthy donors dominate electoral giving and spending in the United States. We need limits on campaign finance, transparency, and effective enforcement of these rules — along with public ...

Presidents have access to a dizzying range of powers during a declared emergency. We’re working to enhance Congress’s role as a check against abuse of authority. Emergency powers have existed in ...