Spencer Woodman
How California Is Solving Its Voting Rights Problem
And making a couple of lawyers very rich in the process.
The Strange Case of Rhode Island’s Voter-ID Law
In the only state where voter restrictions have been backed by a Democratic majority, residents are bracing themselves for long lines in Tuesday's presidential primary.
Budget Cuts Are Robbing Americans of Their Voting Rights
Cuts to basic voting services are melding the right's enthusiasm for spending cuts with its more insidious support for restricting ballot access.
New Orleans's Criminal Justice Crisis May Lead to Murder and Rape Suspects Going Free
A local judge says he's had enough with the city's failure to provide lawyers for poor defendants.
After Two Years in Solitary, This Mother’s Healing Has Just Begun
"I'm talking to you, and I'm alive, but physically, spiritually, mentally—I died."
Alabama's New Fight for Voting Rights
Fifty-one years after "Bloody Sunday," civil rights activists in Selma fear a resurgence in voter suppression ahead of the first presidential election since the Supreme Court dented the landmark Voting Rights Act.
Do Prosecutors Care More About Convictions Than Executing the Right Person?
In 2001, 20-year-old Marlon Howell was found guilty in a racially-charged murder trial that shook New Albany, Mississippi. Fourteen years later, he continues to maintain his innocence.
America's Most Right-Wing Elections Official Is Gearing Up to Start Prosecuting Voters
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach sees election criminals lurking behind every polling booth. Now the state legislature is about to give him the prosecutorial power to do something about it.
The Biggest Fast-Food Strike in History Was About More Than a $15 Minimum Wage
What began as protests for higher wages and unions has turned into a social justice movement that aims to rally low-wage workers against systemic inequality.
In Georgia, the Battle Over Voting Rights Rages On
Fifty years after the march that spurred the Voting Rights Act, civil rights leaders in towns like Macon, Georgia face an uphill battle to stop discrimination at the polls.
This Man Got Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail for Picking Up Trash Too Early
Due to a work-related noise violation in a posh, ultra-privatized Atlanta suburb, Kevin McGill is spending his next 14 weekends behind bars.
On the Road with the 'Workampers,' Amazon’s Retirement-Age Mobile Workforce
These workers travel the country, sightseeing and staying overnight in RV parks while laboring in low-wage temp jobs—and at least some of them love the lifestyle.