The Court’s conservative majority used outdated examples to say the racial gap in voter turnout has closed, but in reality, ...

His tenure has included multiple ethics scandals, as well as votes that helped roll back voting rights and ushered in ...

The Supreme Court’s decision to destroy what remained of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais will take every ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. The late 19th century was a dismal time in American politics. Corruption ran rampant. Congress ...

Since May, the Trump administration has been on a quest to collect complete voter files from almost every state. Most states have refused the Justice Department’s unprecedented demands for the data, ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. Last week, President Trump signed an executive order purporting to upend mail voting. It’s ...

During the 2021 redistricting cycle, self-interested politicians continuously gerrymandered voting districts despite attempts by the Ohio Supreme Court to help implement fair maps. The current ...

This article first appeared in Just Security. In the 1970s, congressional investigators revealed that the FBI, NSA, and CIA had spent decades illegally surveilling and harassing the civil rights and ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. As the war in the Middle East launched by President Trump continues to unfold, the president ...

New research shows that a restrictive voting law in Texas made people less likely to vote for at least two years after having a mail ballot application or ballot rejected. As we showed in 2022, the ...

Efforts to secure full political representation for the District of Columbia have gained momentum, but obstacles remain. The nearly 700,000 residents of Washington, DC, do not have full voting ...

What is the Federal Prison Oversight Act? Signed into law in 2024, the Federal Prison Oversight Act was designed to bring more transparency and accountability to the U.S. prison system, which is the ...