Policy Solution

The Department of Homeland Security needs new rules and stronger oversight to better protect civil rights and civil liberties.

For decades, the federal government used its grant-making power to spur states to incarcerate more people and to impose longer sentences. It should now use that power to reverse course.

The federal government provides state and local intelligence hubs with funding, personnel, and database access — all without adequate oversight.

The census has struggled to fulfill its vital functions. Our 19 proposals would make future counts more accurate, equitable, and legitimate.

A patchwork of nondiscrimination policies has left the Department of Homeland Security with a profiling problem. Our proposed guidance would close the gaps.

Fundamental reforms are urgently needed to improve service and restore voters’ trust. The legislature must act now.

New York City’s unique election administration structure and practices promote dysfunction that harms voters. The Brennan Center has solutions.

Scapegoated for election outcomes that some politicians and voters did not like, election officials have been under unprecedented attack. Here’s a plan to protect them.

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, known as IEEPA, gives the president largely unchecked power to impose crippling economic sanctions. Congress must reform it.

The Supreme Court’s Carpenter ruling can shape privacy protections for new technologies.