Florida’s supreme court blessed the 2022 GOP gerrymander, weakening a key provision of the voter-approved Fair Districts ...

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

The democracy vouchers program hands residents $100 to donate to local candidates and it’s credited with broadening civic ...

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

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

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By international human rights standards, Jack Morris was tortured by the state of California for almost four decades. Morris mostly lived in solitary confinement from the time he went to prison in ...

“Agony” and “Suffering” as Alabama Experiments with Nitrogen Executions The state said Alan Miller’s execution by lethal gas would be “more humane.” He writhed and gasped for air in his final moments.

A historian answers Bolts readers’ questions on the deep roots of forced labor in U.S. prisons, how it operates today, and efforts to challenge it.

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