The results of gubernatorial races in dozens of states could lead to benefits for incarcerated people and the broader public.
A majority of voters in the Deep South disagree with their states’ extreme restrictions, highlighting the disconnect between the public and the legislators who represent them.
Interactive data visualizations analyzing changes in Supreme Court tenure, unequal numbers of presidential appointments, and ...
A presidential order has activated the post-9/11 machinery of federal-state-local law enforcement cooperation to target the administration’s political opponents.
Midterm elections often are waged as a rebuke to the party in control of the White House. Political scientists call this a thermostatic election. Voters adjust the temperature by turning the dial away ...
The California AI Transparency Act requires AI-generated images to include digital labels, but most chatbots aren’t looking ...
These gaps illuminate the challenge of regulating a growing field of AI activity I call “privileged deployment” — testing, research and other uses of AI models that are available only to their ...
For most of 2026, the Court has clearly and repeatedly signaled its hostility to democracy, on both its merits docket and its shadow docket. Those rulings, especially the 6–3 stake through the heart ...
The Supreme Court has helped create an electoral system in which competition is scarce, money is dominant, and voting ...
You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. Voters had a big win at the Supreme Court this week. What does it all mean?
Elections are run by state and local officials, not by the federal government. Nonetheless, the federal government sometimes sends civilian observers to monitor the election process. The purpose of ...
Stronger job protections, auditing standards, and oversight are needed to allow inspectors general to do their jobs effectively. Inspectors general — the nonpolitical, nonpartisan officials who ...
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