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 ...

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.

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

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

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

Michael Barnett left the presidential portion of his ballot blank on Nov. 5. The 66-year-old didn’t come to the James Wood Community Center in Los Angeles to choose between Kamala Harris and Donald ...