News Analysis

Across the country, from California to North Dakota, citizens made decisions that will give you reason to hope.

Debtors' prisons are making a serious comeback in the United States, which is deeply problematic for the poor and working class.

While a major global campaign to cut down on tax evasion is picking up momentum, anti-poverty advocates say the initiative overlooks the world's poorest countries.

Sex workers in Alaska describe a new trafficking law and police harassment.

The rationale for Fort Lauderdale's anti-homeless ordinance has everything to do with land and money.

Below the radar of most national media, progressive wages success campaigns on a variety of other issues.

The US government's many watchlists should be seen as a new form of national ID for a growing group of people accused of no crime.

There's now no doubt new laws making it harder to vote in 21 states would help determine control of the Senate this year.

One-third of the Senate comes up for reelection every two years, and by luck of the draw, the states in this year's batch are disproportionately conservative.

People in communities of faith are on the front lines of a growing movement pushing for legalization for millions of migrants living in the US.