Amid the threat of a high-profile strike one year ago, the airline vowed to clear the path for its contractors’ low-wage employees to unionize. Now, the workers’ union says the company is backtracking. 

The Supreme Court, which has decided to hear a landmark case on whether Wisconsin electoral maps were unconstitutionally drawn, could deliver a major blow to ultra-partisan redistricting.

Through a narrow reading of three words, the Court takes a leash off an irresponsible industry.

In attempts to undermine democracy, state lawmakers have set their sights on the courts.

For Chicago's poor, who can't afford attorneys, bail hearings often don't last longer than a few seconds—and may keep them in jail for want of a few hundred dollars. 

While some conservative legislatures may still vote for it, liberal legislatures are rescinding their state’s decades-old support.