The Brennan Center fights to protect the rights to free speech and freedom of the press. The rights to free speech, protest, ...

Despite work to improve the justice system, insufficient attention is paid to conditions behind bars. Prisons and jails must ...

A former senior immigration policy official offers insight into how the system works and highlights urgent problems that must ...

A year ago, I warned that a move to fund the government through tariffs would bring about a new era of crony capitalism. We ...

The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.

Amid attacks on “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” the need for representative state supreme courts is as urgent as ever.

State lawmakers can fight the influence of big money in politics by passing trigger laws that would go into effect if the ...

Trump’s pardons of Rudy Giuliani and other election deniers are a reminder that the 2026 midterms will face an extraordinary ...

A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.

But Chicago and Illinois could go even further. The crackdown is not only against immigrants but also against activists supporting those immigrants. Sanctuary protections—the laws and regulations that ...

A venture capitalist and former White House science adviser discusses the impact of the Trump administration’s attempted funding freeze on the future of research and innovation.

Ames Grawert is senior counsel and John L. Neu Justice Counsel in the Brennan Center’s Justice Program. He leads quantitative and policy research focused on trends in crime and the collateral costs of ...