Dr. Richard "Biff" Williams became the 12th president of Missouri State University in July. "The board was not aware of the ...

The state of Missouri put him to death despite serious questions about the evidence against him, jurors’ misgivings, and the ...

With a newly emboldened Republican Party poised to take over the federal government and much of the nation, the question of ...

For too long, this country’s criminal legal system has perpetuated violence, brutality, and murder, with Black people bearing the brunt. While methods may change, the underlying outcomes remain the ...

We have been living in “unprecedented times” for 25 years. Kaitlyn Greenidge reflects on what it means to write through a new reality.

Project 2025—had been unleashed before the terrifying move of Donald Trump into the White House in 2016. Like a lethal virus, components of the authoritarian strategy accelerated during his four years ...

The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by ...

A recent rash of executions and high profile death penalty cases with credible claims of innocence show just how hard it is ...

Oct. 30 (UPI) --The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Virginia can continue with its purge of more than 1,600 voter registrations that state officials say are held by alleged noncitizens ...

A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to continue a program that state officials say is aimed at removing suspected noncitizens from its voter registration rolls, siding with ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to take up an emergency challenge from Virginia, temporarily halting a federal judge's decision that ordered it to reinstate hundreds of potential noncitizens ...