Municipal elections throughout the Chicago area loom, and it’s gratifying that most of these contests are dominated by inherently local issues such as property taxes and economic development rather ...

States must balance complying with a civil rights law that protects the voting power of a racial minority while not ...

With Bernie Sanders unlikely to run for president again and Democratic voters fuming at party leaders, many progressives see ...

A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.

Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since ...

In terms of its “surprise factor,” Shaheen’s announcement fell somewhere in between those of her two aforementioned Democratic colleagues, neither of whom could be considered old by Senate standards, ...

Maggie Kulyk, a progressive donor and activist in the Atlanta area, has a long list of worries about President Donald Trump: ...

Elections are about to change in Sonoma with the city’s transition to a district-based system. The shift will involve ...

"Delimitation is a Damocles' sword hanging over southern India," says MK Stalin, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, one of India's ...