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

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 ...

An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. His case highlights a particularly harsh ...

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

Despite federal oversight, elections, and promises of reform from a new sheriff, little has changed for people detained in ...

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 ...

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.

DA candidates are running unopposed in nearly all Wisconsin counties this year, continuing a long streak of uncontested elections that cut off public debate on criminal justice issues.

In North Dakota as elsewhere, Native voters face a triple threat: judges targeting the VRA, Trump officials hostile to discrimination laws, and a funding crunch depleting their work.