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The Whodunit Investigating the Death of Roe: A Q&A With Amy Littlefield

The Whodunit Investigating the Death of Roe: A Q&A With Amy Littlefield The Whodunit Investigating the Death of "Roe": A Q&A With Amy Littlefield

Abortion access reporter Amy Littlefield’s new book reports on the grassroots social movement that amassed enough power to overturn legal abortion, despite being a minority point ...

Mar 31, 2026 / Sophie Mann-Shafir

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds a press conference in the US Capitol on March 27, 2026

The Bottomless Stupidity of House Republicans The Bottomless Stupidity of House Republicans

Somehow, they’ve managed to top themselves in the crisis over TSA funding. Who knew that was even possible?

Mar 30, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

Demonstrators at a rally against the SAVE America Act outside the US Capitol

How the SAVE Act Seeks to Undermine the Right to Vote How the SAVE Act Seeks to Undermine the Right to Vote

After you strip away the lies about rampant voter fraud, the GOP bill is a frontal assault on hard-won protections of the franchise.

Mar 25, 2026 / Anthony Conwright

The Senate Proves Once Again That It’s the World’s Most Useless Deliberative Body

The Senate Proves Once Again That It’s the World’s Most Useless Deliberative Body The Senate Proves Once Again That It’s the World’s Most Useless Deliberative Body

Despite his denying the legitimacy of Biden’s election and making violent threats, Markwayne Mullin breezed through his Senate confirmation to become the new head of the DHS.

Mar 24, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

People walk by the New York Stock Exchange as the Dow plunges 700 points in response to the US-Israel war against Iran, on March 5, 2026.

How Trump’s Economy Is Crushing Everyday Americans  How Trump’s Economy Is Crushing Everyday Americans 

As costs surge and safety nets shrink, millions of Americans are struggling to afford the basics.

Mar 24, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sasan Goodarzi, elated during the opening of the Intuit Dome on August 15, 2024, in Inglewood, California.

Have You Paid Your “Intuit Tax”? Have You Paid Your “Intuit Tax”?

Tax prep oligarch Sasan Goodarzi blocks the “public option” for tax filers.

Mar 23, 2026 / Chuck Collins

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton won the Democratic nomination for the state’s US Senate seat on Tuesday, beating a rival who far outspent her.

Illinois’s Next Black Senator Deserves Credit for Her Own Campaign Illinois’s Next Black Senator Deserves Credit for Her Own Campaign

Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton was buoyed by millions spent by Governor JB Pritzker, but she won a tough race on her own merit.

Mar 18, 2026 / Joan Walsh

Reproductive justice advocates rallied on the day that Representative Barbara Lee introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act on July 8, 2015.

How the Abortion Rights Activists Found Their Radical Imagination How the Abortion Rights Activists Found Their Radical Imagination

A long-shot campaign to restore public funding for abortion turned into the movement’s biggest success in a generation.

Mar 9, 2026 / Amy Littlefield

Thousands are backed up and waiting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee and “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.

61 Years After Bloody Sunday, We Are Entering a New Era of Voter Suppression 61 Years After Bloody Sunday, We Are Entering a New Era of Voter Suppression

Two efforts underway threaten to erode the promise secured by the foot soldiers of Selma in 1965.

Mar 9, 2026 / Janai Nelson

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (L), Democrat of New York, and US House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (R), Democrat of New York, hold a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 8, 2026.

Why Can’t Top Democrats Just Say “No War With Iran”? Why Can’t Top Democrats Just Say “No War With Iran”?

The response to what could be the biggest geopolitical disaster of the 21st century is foot-dragging, silence, and sleepy, feigned opposition long after the deed is done.

Mar 2, 2026 / Sarah Lazare and Adam Johnson

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