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A stock photo of caution tape reading “Police Line Do Not Cross” across a suburban road.

Suicide or Lynching? Mississippi Officials Insist Trey Reed’s Death Is Nothing Suspicious. Suicide or Lynching? Mississippi Officials Insist Trey Reed’s Death Is Nothing Suspicious.

His family says he left for college happy and healthy. Soon after, he was found hanging from a tree on campus. Yet local officials are refusing calls to investigate further.

Oct 1, 2025 / Kali Holloway

President Donald Trump displays his executive order establishing the Trump Card for HB-1 visa applicants at the Oval Office on September 19.

The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch

What would a Democratic presidency armed with Trump’s limitless power look like?

Sep 24, 2025 / David Faris

On Wednesday, Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed into law HB 7, which seeks to stop Texas residents from receiving abortion pills by mail.

Texas Extremists Are Trying Everything to Block Abortion Medication  Texas Extremists Are Trying Everything to Block Abortion Medication 

Texas officials and activists are ramping up the fight against abortion pill access. But providers are standing firm.

Sep 18, 2025 / Mary Tuma

Debris and storm damage in central Wisconsin, after powerful straight-line winds swept through the area overnight

What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.) What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.)

Trump is repaying rural voters’ loyalty by shafting them.

Sep 9, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

In July 2025, Omar Fateh won the Minneapolis Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor, which the state party revoked.

People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh

The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party revoked it.

Sep 5, 2025 / Q&A / Peter Lucas

Protest signs on the ground outside of the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco in July that read, “Protect Our Neighbors / Protegiendo Nuestros Vecinos” and“ Keep Families Together / Manteniendo Familias Unidas.”

California Lawmakers Fight Back Against Trump's Secret Police Force California Lawmakers Fight Back Against Trump's Secret Police Force

Two bills making their way through the California legislature seek to end masking of federal agents and other tactics that are terrorizing communities.

Sep 5, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Organizations and individuals gathered outside the Supreme Court as it heard arguments for Rucho v. Common Cause, a landmark gerrymandering case.

How Democrats Flubbed the Gerrymandering Arms Race How Democrats Flubbed the Gerrymandering Arms Race

New York State is a case study in Democrats’ failure to understand the evolving political landscape.

Aug 29, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Rob Bonta, attorney general of California.

He’s Sued Trump 39 Times—and He Keeps Winning He’s Sued Trump 39 Times—and He Keeps Winning

Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, is using the courts to rein in Trump and, for now, it’s mostly working.

Aug 29, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

Representative Nicole Collier (D-Fort Worth) raises a fist as she greets supporters from inside the House Chamber at the Texas capitol in Austin, on August 19, 2025.

Yes, Texas Representative Nicole Collier Was Under “House Arrest” in the Texas Capitol Yes, Texas Representative Nicole Collier Was Under “House Arrest” in the Texas Capitol

Collier speaks about her surreal ordeal, wherein she refused to sign a permission slip and accept a police escort to leave the Austin statehouse and had to sleep there for two nig...

Aug 22, 2025 / Q&A / Joan Walsh

Jerry Jones as Ed Rooney, Ferris Buehler's bumbling nemesis.

Democrats’ Failed Bueller Strategy on Voting Rights Democrats’ Failed Bueller Strategy on Voting Rights

Party leaders are talking tough about retaliatory gerrymandering—but like Principal Rooney, they're unable to fight back effectively

Aug 21, 2025 / David Daley and David Faris

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