The high court declined to hear a case challenging laws in Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

The state Supreme Court ruled that priests have a “property right” not to be sued for sexually abusing children.

A new memo from the Democratic Attorneys General Association argues the party can flip seats in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Last week’s rulings have real ramifications for how the government could help vulnerable communities moving forward.

If the map is redrawn to include a new majority-Black district, it could help Democrats retake the House.

Fred Mills is completely unbothered by the right’s outrage over his vote.

House Republicans heard directly from survivors—and then ignored them.

A Louisiana man has been charged for shooting a 14-year-old girl in the head as she played the game with her friends.

Critical race theory fearmongering is working its way into every level of education.

Jimmie Duncan is on death row in Louisiana based on fraudulent science—but that might not matter if the state’s governorship flips this fall.

It’s an ironic twist in a year when Americans rallied to democracy’s defense.

A slew of ballot initiatives are allowing millions of Americans the chance to overhaul how their elections are run.

Hurricane Ida, wildfire evacuations, and Orlando’s oxygen shortage all show that we need policy solutions to address multiple crises at once.

The same fossil fuel industry whose emissions helped intensify the storm also modified the Louisiana coastline to make it more vulnerable to flooding.

Hurricane season is getting longer. Building higher sea walls won’t save us.

Like Katrina before it, Hurricane Laura has exposed disturbing inequalities—and the rest of the nation’s fundamental indifference.

From California wildfires to Gulf Coast hurricanes, the disaster capitalists are always ready to make a killing.

A critical vote in Baton Rouge this weekend is the latest victory for a nationwide campaign to make schools whiter.

The dual threat of late-season river flooding and early-season hurricanes is a sign of things to come for our warming world.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh's first chance to roll back abortion rights almost certainly won't be a challenge to Roe v. Wade.