At the same time, Trump continues to blare that crime is rampant and immigrants are to blame. As he defunds violence prevention programs that work, he is pouring resources into a drive to detain and ...

The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or “SAVE,” program was designed to help states verify the citizenship and immigration status of people applying for government benefits. Some state ...

Instead, the justices found another path — a sneakier one. Repeatedly, they have let Trump amass vast new power, and they ...

On July 1, Congress passed a budget bill that gives an unprecedented $45 billion for building new immigration detention ...

Police departments are using social media to monitor activists and protesters and to conduct criminal investigations, with few controls. We’re pushing for more oversight.

Citizens United unleashed unlimited spending in our elections, and groups can now spend hundreds of millions without disclosing their sources of funding. We advocate for greater transparency in ...

Local election officials are concerned about the loss of federal support for election security and hope state and local governments will step in to fill the void.

The interpretation of the Constitution that undercuts workers’ ability to organize and act collectively is wrong because it impairs their ability to participate equally in social, economic, and ...

The most comprehensive analysis to date shows the scale of political spending on the four largest digital platforms, as well as stark differences in strategy between candidates, parties, and outside ...

Sean Morales-Doyle is the director of the Brennan Center’s Voting Rights and Elections Program. He advocates for pro-voter reforms such as automatic voter registration and voting rights restoration ...

Courts have recognized a "private right of action" in the Voting Rights Act since the law’s inception.

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Receive it in your inbox. President Woodrow Wilson ran for reelection in 1916 on the slogan “He kept us out of war,” ...