The Supreme Court’s Hearing on Trans Rights Was Bigotry Masquerading as Law The Supreme Court’s Hearing on Trans Rights Was Bigotry Masquerading as Law
The conservative majority spent much of the oral arguments for US v. Skrmetti trying to erase the trans community.
Dec 5, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Will There Be a Bird Flu Epidemic Under Trump? Will There Be a Bird Flu Epidemic Under Trump?
H5N1 currently poses a real threat for human transmission. Meanwhile, Trump’s picks for public health roles don’t bode well for vaccination.
Dec 5, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves
Trans Medicine’s “Merchants of Doubt” Trans Medicine’s “Merchants of Doubt”
There is plenty of uncertainty involved in gender-affirming care—as in most aspects of medicine. But the groups behind the Tennessee ban aren’t driven by science—or patient care.
Dec 4, 2024 / Joanna Wuest
Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever
"Your body, my choice" is only the beginning.
Dec 4, 2024 / Rebecca Gordon
Hunter Biden and the Future of Clemency Hunter Biden and the Future of Clemency
Biden knows there is a better way to use it—other people’s children also deserve mercy.
Dec 4, 2024 / Rachel E. Barkow and Mark Osler
In Defense of Teachers and Public Education In Defense of Teachers and Public Education
The attacks aim to undermine trust with scapegoat politics.
Dec 4, 2024 / Rep. Gwen Moore
In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That? In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That?
The Tenant Union Federation is fostering a wave of tenant leaders who have been pushed to the margins—many of them elderly, disabled, low-income—as they aim to transform renters i...
Dec 4, 2024 / Thomas Birmingham
Kash Patel Is Trump’s Scariest Cabinet Appointment Yet Kash Patel Is Trump’s Scariest Cabinet Appointment Yet
The president-elect wants to put a “deep state” conspiracy theorist in charge of the actual deep state.
Dec 3, 2024 / Chris Lehmann