The disenfranchisement of felons was a feature of the 1902 Constitution that was retained when Virginia wrote a new Constitution in 1971. Now, one in five Black Virginians are permanently ...

The U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear Virginia's attempt to stop a lawsuit that challenges a lifetime voting ban for ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Virginia's bid to scuttle a lawsuit challenging an 1869 state ...

I flagged an important 4th Circuit opinion rejecting Virginia’s claims that it was immune from suit under the Virginia Readmission Act, which plaintiffs’ assert prevents the Commonwealth from ...

The Youngstown law director has determined John White is ineligible to run for mayor under the city charter. The Mahoning County Board of Elections will meet Tuesday to vote on the eligibility of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Virginia’s bid to scuttle a lawsuit challenging an ...

Felon disenfranchisement is the most significant form of voter suppression today. But it is not the only one. In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act ...

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human ...

DURHAM, N.C. - Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) and Dēmos, a national nonprofit public policy organization, ...

The Trump administration is implementing an executive order that includes removing certain historical documents, portraits ...

Investigators said Mishra’s co-accused, students Pramit Mukherjee, 20, and Zaib Ahmed, 19, reportedly told them that the ...

Nelson Mandela's great-grandson has called for criminal charges to be brought against the South African white Afrikaans ...