The New York Police Department (NYPD) has purchased and used new surveillance technologies while attempting to keep the public and the City Council in the dark. This chart provides an overview of the ...

This article was originally published in Al Día Dallas. Over the past 18 months, there has been a wave of anti-voter bills introduced and passed across the country, many of them designed to undermine ...

The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways. In 2020, 2022, and 2024, our nation held federal elections. Despite the pandemic, threats of violence, denial of results, ...

Any deployment that intimidates voters or interferes with elections would be illegal. Should one occur, officials and civil society are prepared to challenge illegal acts so that voting can proceed ...

Sending troops or ICE officers to the polls is illegal. Here’s how you can protect your vote and your community’s voice, even if federal agents unlawfully show up. The Trump administration has ...

Only a small number of congressional races are considered toss-ups going into November. Most are in districts drawn by independent commissions or courts. Control of the House is again up for grabs in ...

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 ...

Changes to questions about race and ethnicity will make the count more accurate, equitable, and legitimate, but there’s more work to be done. The White House Office of Management and Budget has ...

While states and cities can choose to help enforce federal law, the 10th Amendment means that the U.S. government can’t force them to do so. Only weeks after federal immigration raids set off chaos in ...

In Rucho v. Common Cause, the Supreme Court put partisan gerrymandering claims brought under the U.S. Constitution squarely beyond the reach of federal courts. Since the Court’s ruling in 2019, voters ...

A Survey of Americans’ Possession of Documentary Proof of Citizenship and Photo Identification A recent national survey sponsored by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law reveals that ...

Research shows that in a city of 100,000, each new nonprofit community organization lead to a 1.2 percent drop in the homicide rate, a 1 percent reduction in the violent crime rate, and a 0.7 percent ...