The midterms will usher in a new cast of characters to oversee the next presidential race. They’ll decide how to answer Trump ...

Families of incarcerated people have long faced arbitrary denial of visits and harassment by prison staff. They advocated for ...

The Trump administration plans to upend the census. They’re proposing to exclude noncitizens from the count that determines the distribution of congressional seats, a move that would subtract ...

When Danny Tarkenton learned that federal agents had shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last winter, she felt concerned that her local officials would not push back should ...

This story is part of Bolts’s coverage of state supreme court elections in 2026; learn more. In December 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court delivered two key wins for voting rights advocates, ...

When Washington state voters approved new gun control rules in 2018, several sheriffs announced they would not enforce them because they believed them to be unconstitutional, prompting warnings from ...

In 2020, when Fernando was shot twice in the street outside the old Portland Meadows Racetrack, where he was working as a construction flagger, it was actually fortuitous that he tore a tendon in his ...

Editor’s note: On Sept. 14, the Supreme Court blocked the new USPS rule that would severely restrict mail voting. The decision removed a huge amount of uncertainty from the midterms, though the legal ...

Sarah Fair George, one of the most durable avatars of the progressive prosecution movement, all but secured another term on Tuesday as the top prosecutor of Burlington, Vermont. She narrowly prevailed ...

This story was produced as a collaboration between Bolts and Injustice Watch, a nonprofit news organization in Chicago focused on issues of equity and justice in the court system. In March 2024, a ...

A voting sign in California, which holds a huge list of major elections in June from governor to prosecutors and local ballot measures (AP Photo/Ashley Landis). June is full of clashes between flavors ...

We’re tracking elections across 12 states. Virginia and Wisconsin have statewide contests, school board races test conservative messaging, and parties battle to control cities, counties, and even ...