A bipartisan group of Missouri lawmakers and religious leaders want to abolish the death penalty, citing its financial and human costs.

If you’ve ever suspected that your most “results-driven,” “performance-focused” coworkers might just be “effectuating” ineffectual and downright diversionary word vomit, a new study out of Cornell ...

There are 32 attorneys, investigators and specialists in the Missouri State Public Defender Office dedicated to preventing the wrongful execution of innocent people on death row. The agency spends alm ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and the DOJ have been openly violating federal law to shield President Trump from transparency in ...

Harris County offers countywide voting, meaning voters aren’t assigned to a particular neighborhood precinct as they were in Dallas County, where mass confusion ensued when hundreds got turned away on ...

When the governor doesn’t commute sentences, and the legislature won’t act, the carrot-and-stick system of rehabilitation disintegrates.

Democrats have the edge over President Donald Trump’s Republican Party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, according to a new poll. The new Emerson College poll, released Thursday, found that ...

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) condemned the “yelling and screaming” from some Democratic legislators during President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday. “I don’t care if it’s a ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Last summer, I ...

It's one of the most exciting times of the year. The high school basketball playoffs are back for the next month. It's always a mystery as to why adults can't behave themselves at playoff basketball ...

Bad Bunny slipped into downtown Palo Alto after his Super Bowl halftime performance and quietly took over Macarena, a new Spanish tapas restaurant, for a private celebration. The pop star bought out ...