Resistance is Everywhere

The pro-voting plaintiffs argued that eliminating QVA in favor of requiring voters to show proof of citizenship led to at least 100 voters being turned away in last year’s municipal elections because they lacked proper documentation.…

A new analysis of Black voters in the south indicates that Republican attempts to dilute their political power is driving them to the polls in larger numbers and shifting their counties further left. After the supreme court effectively…

“The ScholarShare Investment Board has a responsibility to ensure California families have access to strong, affordable, and well-diversified investment options,” said California State Treasurer and Chair of the SIB Fiona Ma, CPA. “This…

A federal judge has barred the deportation of a witness in the fatal shooting of a Mexican homebuilder by federal immigration officers during a traffic stop in Houston. Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego was one of three passengers in a van…

"The protests that came out at last Monday's City Council meeting was the most intense and emotional; in just the sheer numbers they've ever seen on any subject in Salem," said Salem resident Brian Hines. He went on to say, "I had mixed…

Gov. JB Pritzker said during a news conference on Tuesday, March 3, that the Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program has erased $1.1 billion in medical debt, with patients receiving an average of about $1,200 in relief. Cook County’s Medical…

Religious leaders gathered Wednesday at the Texas Capitol to condemn recent ICE-related deaths in Texas, Maine and Florida and to demand that federal immigration agents end a “terror campaign” against migrants. “We grieve every death,…

The Trump administration cannot deny immigrants detained inside the United States a chance for release on bond, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The 2-1 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, with a…

The University of Illinois Chicago has reached a major milestone in its nationwide monarch conservation effort, with more than 100 energy and transportation partners now participating in a voluntary program to protect and enhance monarch…

A coalition of states is suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security, accusing the Trump administration of withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in disaster-preparedness and homeland security…

The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a resolution put forward by Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen against a presidential pardon for Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Ahead of a scheduled confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche to be U.S.…

“When the President of the United States orders military action against foreign countries absent an emergency scenario where American interests are under imminent dire threat, as was done with Venezuela, Cuba and Iran, that’s an…

Lawyers for President Donald Trump's administration have withdrawn subpoenas attempting to compel testimony from New York Times reporters who wrote about security concerns involving the new Air Force One plane. The move came as a federal…

New York officials sued prediction market platform Kalshi for potentially billions of dollars on Friday, calling it an “illegal, unlicensed gambling operation” that includes sports wagering as the state seeks to halt its operations and…

Pro-democracy protesters showed up recently all over the country: Hopewell, NJ; Norwalk, CT; Framingham, MA; Nashoba, MA; Sunnyvale, CA; West Los Angeles, CA; Corte Madera, CA; Cape Cod, MA; New York, NY; Pasadena, CA; Sausalito, CA;…

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that eligible state and local news organizations can now apply for up to $250,000 in grants through the California Civic Media Program, an initiative designed to strengthen California’s…

The top federal prosecutor in Seattle who was recently fired by President Donald Trump sued the administration on July 21, in a case testing the president’s authority to remove U.S. attorneys appointed by judges to fill vacancies. Roger…

The dismissal marks an embarrassing setback for a Justice Department that had billed the prosecution as accountability for damage at a Washington landmark where President Donald Trump had launched a massive renovation project before the…

“This bill has helped put one piece of my fractured life together,” Soto said. “That cushion will make my life a little easier, but in no way does any amount of money give me back the years that I’ve lost.” Soto and cousin David Ayala…

The European Union on Thursday hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine to corral…