The cameras are mounted across downtown New Orleans: hanging from balconies on Bourbon Street, bolted to the exterior walls ...

Two incarcerated journalists wrote a new book on their own experiences with solitary confinement and its use in prisons. Ask ...

The democracy vouchers program hands residents $100 to donate to local candidates and it’s credited with broadening civic ...

Florida’s supreme court blessed the 2022 GOP gerrymander, weakening a key provision of the voter-approved Fair Districts ...

Faced with popular initiatives to protect abortion rights and other measures they dislike, state Republicans are passing new bills that local advocates say will hollow out direct democracy. Organizers ...

Andrew Pantazi is a Jacksonville-based investigative journalist who reports on the forces shaping Florida’s democracy. His ...

An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. His case highlights a particularly harsh doctrine in American criminal punishment: felony murder.

“Just an Opportunity to Come Home” Illinois, Minnesota, and New Mexico this year abolished sentences of life without parole for juveniles. Now comes the hard part. Daniel Nichanian | June 29, 2023 ...

“They Force You to Work” State and local governments are racking up profits and savings through unpaid labor in prisons, a new report documents. Michael Barajas | June 17, 2022 ...