Three Supreme Court cases could redefine workplace rights for gay and trans people—and for everyone else.

From the scorched earth of last summer's confirmation battle, nothing good can bloom.

Colonizers once tried to erase indigenous culture. Now they exploit it.

Bill Clinton isn't the only one who deserves blame for turning America into a carceral state.

A judge has finally questioned the FBI's terrorism watch list. But so much else that followed the attacks is now an accepted part of American life.

Attacks on LGBTQ people are on the rise across the country. In Boston, right-wing extremists got the police to do their dirty work.

Two states are asking the justices to retain a rule from America's racist past for the sake of convenience.

The union between the federal judiciary's true believers in the primacy of our founding documents is fraying.

The administration's gag rule could force reproductive health clinics to function more like anti-abortion “pregnancy centers.”

Having failed in its first effort to subvert democracy, the Trump administration has found subtler means to achieve its end.

The Manhattan District Attorney has had a long run, but his role in recent high-profile cases may bring unexpected change to a very powerful place.

Guns rights advocates want more than just a victory. They want this newly emboldened conservative court to wield maximal power.

The U.S. criminal legal system protected him for years—and then it failed him, just as it has failed countless people of color who are put behind bars.

California wants to require him to release his tax returns in order to appear on the 2020 ballot. His legal team has a convincing counterargument.

History shows that the expansion of the American security state never benefits racial and religious minorities.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the biggest impediment to reducing mass death in America.

"Felony murder" laws across America are being used to charge juveniles with crimes they didn't commit.

There's a gerrymandering problem that Democrats aren't talking about.

The president's slurs and his administration's policies are an attack on U.S. democracy itself—all in a desperate bid to cling to power.

Attorney General Bill Barr announced that the government will put five prisoners to death in six months, ending a 16-year hiatus.