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The Sentencing Project, an advocacy group, reports that Black Americans are imprisoned at a rate five times higher than White Americans.

I can only imagine Vladimir Putin’s laughter in Moscow. Last week, Ben Jamal, director of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, told protesters at Westminster he wanted a situation where “they will have to lock the doors of parliament itself”. Three MPs — all women, naturally — have been given police protection.…

On February 26, the board of directors of the Texas Democracy Foundation—the parent nonprofit of the Texas Observer—announced that Gabriel Arana is no longer Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Observer. Independently, the board announced that the Observer has been restructured to ensure its financial stability. As part of this process, two…

Joe Biden’s son says he faces ‘ultimate test for a recovering addict’ as failure could be used against father in 2024 election

Poland's far-right Law and Justice party spent eight years stacking the courts with allies, destroying the judiciary's independence. The new government is finding it's tough to undo the damage.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sat down with Morning Edition in Detroit days ahead of the state's primary to discuss her approach to election security in 2024.

Since 1978, presidential elections have always taken place in Senegal in February. This Sunday was the first time that this tradition was not observed. However, voters didn't want to stay home. Instead they took part in symbolic voting by turning up at their polling stations.

The spectre of ‘the mob’ has long been summoned to limit freedom. However, protests almost never lead to violence, says professor of psychology Stephen Reicher

Bengaluru CM Siddaramaiah warns against changing Constitution, emphasizes importance of democracy and unity in India.

Supreme Court upholds purity of elections, emphasizing the importance of small contributions and free and fair electoral processes.