Hochul is hardly a firebrand. Her creative move reflects the growing public alarm and anger at a federal government that has ...

A handful of wealthy donors dominate electoral giving and spending in the United States. We need limits on campaign finance, transparency, and effective enforcement of these rules — along with public ...

Trump’s operation in Venezuela is a stark departure from the Panama case. Venezuela has not declared a state of war with the ...

One thing is clear: Trump’s bombing and regime-decapitation operation in Venezuela was unconstitutional. The Constitution ...

The Trump administration’s abrupt termination of funding for criminal justice data and research will upend years of progress toward building safer communities. April 2025’s abrupt funding cuts at the ...

Ames Grawert is senior counsel and John L. Neu Justice Counsel in the Brennan Center’s Justice Program. He leads quantitative and policy research focused on trends in crime and the collateral costs of ...