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Today 12:45 pm
These Cities and States Are Fighting the Tide and Expanding Abortion Access
For decades, the anti-choice movement has focused on state- and local-level victories. Now, the abortion-rights movement is too.
Amy Littlefield
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Today 5:00 am
Republican Representative Lauren Boebert Goes Full Blunderbuss
The insurrection cheerleader’s HR 273 would spell the end of constituent services as we know it.
Tom Gogola
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September 22, 2021
A Tough Candidate Forum in Virginia Previews the GOP Playbook for 2022
Democratic delegate Nancy Guy is facing an über-Trumper using culture war garbage against her. And it could work.
Joan Walsh
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September 22, 2021
Herd Immunity: Covid Deaths Devouring the South Are No Accident
For Scott Atlas, as for Republican governors like Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott, Tate Reeves, and Kay Ivey, the human cost of our shredded public health system is a feature, not a bug.
Gregg Gonsalves
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September 15, 2021
California Says “No”
In a thorough rebuke of Republican subterfuge, voters overwhelmingly rejected the attempted recall of Governor Gavin Newsom.
Sasha Abramsky
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September 13, 2021
First Texas Came for Abortion. Now It’s Going After Voting Rights.
Just a week after Texas’s abortion ban went into effect, Governor Greg Abbot signed a draconian voter suppression bill into law.
Elie Mystal
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September 10, 2021
The Justice Department Strikes Back
Since the DOJ cannot force Texas Republicans to magically become decent people, its smart lawsuit against the state’s abortion ban is the next best thing.
Elie Mystal
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September 10, 2021
The California Recall Election Is Up for Grabs
The state of American democracy, from the division of power between parties to the integrity of elections, hangs in the balance.
Sasha Abramsky
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September 8, 2021
Texas Is the New Republican Template
What’s happening there is about much more than the fight over reproductive rights. It’s about political control.
John Nichols
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September 2, 2021
This Is What the First Hours of a Near-Total Ban on Abortion Look Like
The Texas law SB 8 will force abortion clinics in the state to turn away about 80 percent of all patients.
Amy Littlefield