Find out how the National Institute on Money in State Politics organizes and distributes millions of political finance records -- and how you can use that data to track the money in your state.

After a surge in voting participation among African-Americans and other groups in 2008, many states enacted new voting restrictions.

Since 2010, 16 states have passed voter ID laws and 11 states now have, or will soon have, what are considered “strict” voter identification requirements.

The New Hampshire Rebellion marches for campaign finance reform and honors the legacy of an American activist legend.

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

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."

Student debt endangers the livelihoods of many young Americans. It's time to wage a war against student loan predators.

Publicly financed elections -- and a return to trust busting -- are key to ending political corruption in the United States.

"I’m still regarded as contingent, less-valuable, dispensable," writes a University of Arizona adjunct professor who joined the nationwide action.

Wal-Mart's raise does deserve some praise, but it's not nearly enough.