Thompson, first elected to the U.S. House in 1993, is Mississippi’s lone Black congressman. He has been the only Democrat in ...

Scapegoating downstream may feel satisfying, but it solves nothing. The only way forward is through compromise and ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

A seventh person has died from injuries sustained in a mass shooting after a high school football homecoming game earlier ...

Thompson said that his father, an auto mechanic who died in 1964 before passage of the Voting Rights Act, never voted. His ...