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A woman reads a book while in the infirmary at Las Colinas Women's Detention Facility in Santee, California.

A New Booklet Seeks to End Reproductive Injustices Behind Bars A New Booklet Seeks to End Reproductive Injustices Behind Bars

The authors want to inform people in women’s prisons about their rights. “There’s no way to survive in there unless we know what our rights are.”

May 13, 2026 / Victoria Law

A “Vote Yes” sign urging voters to support a referendum to redraw Virginia's congressional map.

The Democrats Are 5 Years Too Late to the Voting Rights Fight The Democrats Are 5 Years Too Late to the Voting Rights Fight

Virginia Democrats’ appeal to the Supreme Court to save their state’s new congressional map is a sad case in point.

May 13, 2026 / Elie Mystal

A boycott of Cleveland Public Schools found this group of students and teachers at a Freedom School at the Friendship Baptist Church, on April 20, 1964.

Democracy Is Not Self-Executing Democracy Is Not Self-Executing

Michelle Adams’s Hillman Prize remarks.

May 13, 2026 / Michelle Adams

Richard “Bigo” Barnett, who was convicted of for his actions at the January 6 riot, shows off his pardon from President Donald Trump, at a news conference on February 21, 2025, with members of the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other January 6 offenders who received pardons or commuted sentences.

The Devastating Double Standard for January 6 Rioters The Devastating Double Standard for January 6 Rioters

The Trump administration wields the full strength of its punitive power against immigrants, political opponents, and marginalized groups—and pardons January 6 offenders.

May 13, 2026 / Kali Holloway

Gutting the Voting Rights Act

Gutting the Voting Rights Act Gutting the Voting Rights Act

SCOTUS’ racist ruling.

May 12, 2026 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

The Demolition of the Voting Rights Act

The Demolition of the Voting Rights Act The Demolition of the Voting Rights Act

The US Supreme Court is aiding and abetting voter suppression.

May 12, 2026 / The Editors

Flanagan at a vigil for Renée Good in St. Paul on January 9, days after Good was killed by a federal agent.

Peggy Flanagan Is Running for the Senate to “Avenge Minnesota” Peggy Flanagan Is Running for the Senate to “Avenge Minnesota”

The lieutenant governor of the state is ramping up her Democratic Senate primary campaign as her state battles Trump’s brutal assault.

May 12, 2026 / Feature / Joan Walsh

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Letters From the June 2026 Issue Letters From the June 2026 Issue

Midwestern Nice… Today’s “Jewish Question”…

May 12, 2026 / Our Readers

The January Sixer Behind the Attack on Voting Rights

The January Sixer Behind the Attack on Voting Rights The January Sixer Behind the Attack on Voting Rights

In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent digs into blockbuster revelations about the lead plaintiff in the VRA case. Plus, the enduring Cult of Trump.

May 8, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Kash Patel listens as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks at a press conference on April 28, 2026, at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC.

Ka$h Patel’s Bourbon Swag Is Part of a Larger Branding Disaster Ka$h Patel’s Bourbon Swag Is Part of a Larger Branding Disaster

The FBI director is targeting reporters and his own agents to stop embarrassing leaks.

May 8, 2026 / Jeet Heer

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