The U.S. Postal Service missed its own deadline to launch the online portal central to its new mail-ballot rules. As states begin mailing ballots, the Justice Department has gone directly to the Supreme Court seeking emergency permission to force compliance.
Residents in Jackson, Mississippi, battle a water crisis worsened by neglect and systemic issues, echoing Flint’s plight.
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A Maryland lawsuit challenges ICE’s warrantless arrests, alleging over 5,000 illegal actions since 2025, citing racial profiling.
Arizona’s own call-center data, obtained through a public records request, shows the state dropped more than 3 million calls from food stamp applicants and then denied benefits to families who could not get through — cutting 55 percent of SNAP recipients, far more than any other state, including close to 200,000 children.
The Trump administration proposes revoking tax-exempt status for schools using race as a criterion, sparking legal debates.
Diaspora-led nonprofits swiftly respond to natural disasters, leveraging local partnerships and committed donor bases.
A federal judge dismissed Indiana voting rights groups’ lawsuit on procedural grounds, leaving in place laws that have canceled or rejected the voter registrations of about 62% of flagged naturalized citizens — with November midterms approaching.
State courts and officials this week drew protective lines around ballots in Indiana, after-school programs in Detroit, uranium-contaminated lands in New Mexico, and veterans waiting months for mental health benefits in North Carolina — each a concrete win against a backdrop of federal pressure running the other direction.