The legislation represents the first attempt by a bipartisan group in Congress to reinstate the vital protections of the VRA that the Supreme Court took away.

This week, citizens in Georgia and South Carolina protested against their states' failure to expand Medicaid.

Research finds that the wealthy tend to believe in "class essentialism" and are more likely to endorse retributive forms of punishment over restorative justice.

A new report aims to raise awareness of the widespread economic insecurity faced by American women and their children.

In an excerpt from his autobiography, deGrasse Tyson writes about the racism and "intellectual emasculation" he faced while following his dream, studying to get his PhD in astrophysics.

Conservatives have pursued a divide-and-conquer strategy intended to convince working-class whites that the poor were their enemies. It’s starting to backfire.

Kansas, like North Carolina, has become a test bed for conservative policy-making.

The Department of Justice issued new guidance Wednesday aimed at curbing harsh, discriminatory over-punishment of school discipline violations.

The presidential hopeful unveiled his new ideas, but it turns out they're not so new after all.

The war on poverty helped raise millions above the poverty line, but where do we stand today?