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 ...

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 ...

A redistricting expert answers questions from Bolts readers about the effort to redraw Texas’ congressional map, and its effects on communities of color and political representation.

“Designed to be Cruel”: How Grants Pass Will Ramp Up the Policing of Homelessness The Supreme Court blessed bans on sleeping outdoors. In a Bolts roundtable, three experts explain that this may ...