One of the biggest long-term threats facing American democracy is also one of the least recognized. It is the fact that those ...

The “constitutional sheriff” movement descends from other far-right movements of the past few decades, but, around 2011, ex-sheriff Richard Mack decided to turn the sheriff into the key figure, the ...

The first person convicted under a tough new Hong Kong national security law has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for wearing a T-shirt with a protest slogan ... for greater police accountability ...

Our home-grown election system is the envy of the Western world. Will it be enough to inoculate us from AI, fake news and ...

Inspired by the work of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, the biennial “cumbre” helps South Texans organize for political ...

During the run-up to Election Day, Marya Hornbacher, a New York Times best-selling author and Walnut Creek native who travels the country writing about politics and culture, will profile residents of ...

The number of lawmakers backing pro-democracy issues such as voting rights and campaign finance reform is surging, even as Capitol Hill is mired in partisan gridlock. Of the 535 members of ...

A Hong Kong court has sentenced the first two people under a tough new Hong Kong national security law, including a man who ...

For the Maryland congressman who led Donald Trump’s impeachment the battle for the White House is both political and personal.

Many Black sports stars refused to be silent during the 2020 election. This time around, silence seems to suit them just fine ...

Netanyahu and his political allies are still seeking to advance a “constitutional coup,” to use the Tel Aviv University law professor Aeyal Gross’s term. And in recent days, the conflict between the ...

A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison after pleading guilty to sedition for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned ...