Seventy-two percent of the world's population lives under some sort of autocratic rule, says freedom fighter Leopoldo Lopez. In a rousing call to defend democracy worldwide, he shares the story of his ...

Safety includes more than the free. It includes those of us who are incarcerated. Holding people needlessly costs lives.

A top New Orleans police official is welcoming the idea of working with federal troops deployed to Louisiana’s largest city.

A local prosecutor in South Carolina plans to seek the death penalty against a man whose federal death sentence for killing ...