Labor specialist Robert Willis talks about cures and compromises on migrant worker issues in the Senate’s new bill.

Baldemar Velásquez discusses the struggle to ensure fairness for American farmworkers, and Tom Diaz describes how self-defense and concealed-carry laws makes us more vulnerable to gun violence.

Tom Diaz describes how a lethal combination of self-defense laws and concealed-carry laws makes us more vulnerable to gun violence.

In this excerpt from his book "The Last Gun," Tom Diaz introduces the NRA's person in Florida, Marion Hammer.

Rep. John Lewis told a Senate committee this week that new voting restrictions passed before last year's election make it harder for voters to participate.

The role the “stand your ground” law played in George Zimmerman's acquittal has become the subject of renewed and fervent attention.

Our interactive map of nationwide news shows how much sequester-related cuts to low-income housing programs are hurting the poor.

There's a major disconnect between rhetoric and reality when it comes to Congress confronting hunger in America.

Those who think voter discrimination is no longer a problem in Texas need only look back to last summer to see evidence to the contrary.

Gary May connects the challenges faced by civil rights marchers in the 1960s with the challenges many voters are once again facing today.