Alyshia Dyer will take office as sheriff of Washtenaw County, Michigan, an event that will mark the union of some strange ...

A state board deciding reparations for women sterilized against their will rejected most applications. Advocates are now ...

In their final weeks before they lose the ability to pass laws, Republican lawmakers gutted the powers of incoming Democratic ...

Erin Rode is a freelance journalist based in Southern California, where she reports on the environment, climate change, housing and homelessness.

Michigan stopped imposing court fines and fees on kids, and relieved millions of dollars in past debt. Now, it may also ensure that kids get adequate representation in court.

A historian of migrant detention responds to questions from Bolts readers on the vast network of local lockups that jail ...

Earlier this month, California voters turned back toward the tough-on-crime era with the overwhelming passage of Prop 36, a ballot measure that elevates certain drug and theft charges from ...

The forum in downtown Flint, Michigan, on the warm early afternoon of Oct. 3, was in many ways a typical election-season scene. A handful of politicians—in this case, candidates for seats on the ...