The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery—but it still remains legal under one condition. The amendment reads: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment ...

Some provisions of the Constitution enjoy far more attention than others. At the Supreme Court, for example, it is a rare term that doesn’t have a case involving the First, Second, or Fourth ...

Berkeley’s civilian police oversight board sustained 13 misconduct allegations last year. Police Chief Jennifer Louis ...

Maryland voters could be asked to decide in November whether to clear the way for a new congressional map that would favor Democrats in all eight of the state’s U.S. House districts ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ava DuVernay announced Thursday that she has made a documentary for Netflix on the 14th Amendment, which gave liberty and rights to formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, ...

After a tumultuous road to a vote, lawmakers further advanced a sweeping elections bill on Tuesday with Senate approval. The ...

Progressives notched major wins in Michigan while voters in Missouri and Washington rejected insurgent Democrats. Meanwhile, ...

For all the ink spilled over how Tuesday’s primaries would define the future of the Democratic Party, the results showed the ...

Nearly $40 million is flooding Missouri’s Aug. 4 primary, with ballot measures and key GOP Senate races drawing most of the ...