The future of this nation will depend on all Americans having, and using, their fair say at the ballot.

Despite some improvements, the right to vote is under the most sustained attack since the passage of the VRA.

Ferguson illustrates how a lack of fair opportunities in the political process both reflects and reinforces broader patterns of discrimination.

The DoJ's new report traces the pattern of racial bias from traffic stops to arrests to the courtroom and, finally, to a cycle of incarceration and indebtedness.

The legal scholar spoke at New York's Union Theological Seminary and encouraged people "to explore the meaning of race and justice at a particularly critical moment in our nation's history."

When singer-songwriter John Legend recently declared “Selma is now” at the Academy Awards he was right: voting rights are under threat today.

Over the past decade, states have slashed workers’ comp benefits, denying injured workers the help they need and shifting the costs of accidents to taxpayers.

Read Money Talks, our weekly roundup of the best reporting on the influence of money on our democracy.

We’re closer to environmental disaster than ever before. We need a new story for our relationship with the Earth, one that goes beyond science and religion.

The Nation's Ari Berman writes that racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.