Data Blockers- Overturning Roe didn't just bludgeon abortion access. It sabotaged science, too.

Overturning Roe didn't just bludgeon abortion access. It sabotaged science, too. In early May 2022, reproductive health researcher Liz Mosley was at a dinner celebrating her first day as an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine when the news broke: A leaked draft of the Dobbs decision revealed the Supreme Court’s plan to gut abortion rights in the United States—the “worst-case scenario,” as one dinner guest put it.

Growing Pains - Why are governors rejecting funds for kids' summer meals?

The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children (EBT), the first new federal food aid initiative in decades, is a permanent extension of Congress’ Covid-era relief that sought to provide extra meals for more than 30 million school kids who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. But more than 10 million children will miss out this summer, according to the USDA. Thirteen other states—Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming—also chose not to enroll. And they all have something else in common: Republican governors.

Mission from God. Church And Statehood– A new Puerto Rican political party puts faith before status.

A new Puerto Rican political party puts faith before status. Puerto Rico’s churches, which in recent decades were mostly confined to private life, are now reshaping political dynamics. Proyecto Dignidad is a reflection of a broader populist global trend, and it draws inspiration from the Trump playbook and other domestic right-wing currents that helped him win over significant numbers of Latino voters in 2020.

40 Acres and a Lie

We compiled Reconstruction-era documents to identify 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans given land-only to have it returned to their enslavers.

The Conversion Therapist Will See You Now

The counselors once discredited for their "ex-gay" theories have rebranded. And now they're coming after trans kids.

"I Hope My Hindsight Will Be Others' Foresight"

A decade after Elliot Rodger's horrific massacre, his mother is on a quest to help threat assessment experts-and other parents-prevent the next tragedy.

RAGING BULL DONALD TRUMP'S PUGILISTIC SPOKESMAN HAS TAKEN CAMPAIGNING TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF LOW.

IN late February, after Donald Trump had nearly vanquished the entirety of the Republican primary field, his spokesman, Steven Cheung, took aim at the one opponent still standing. \"Birdbrain, are you a liar or just plain stupid?\" he posted on X.

SAVED

Finding self-love after Christian conversion therapy

WHAT WE ARE OWED

Technology and genealogy have made the case for reparations specific-and undeniable.

PARADISE STOLEN

Black families were cheated out of their land on Skidaway Island. Now it's a wealthy white enclave

THE FAST AND THE SPURIOUS

Ohio GOP Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno built an empire selling cars-and stiffing workers.

Blood Money

How dialysis clinics are making a killing off deathly ill patients.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT - CRIME OF THE CROP

Will GMOs harm my kids? Your pediatrician's response might not be grounded in science.

ECONUNDRUMS - CHATBOT QUACKS

AI was supposed to fix online health misinformation. Instead, it's making it worse.

WELL PLAYED

One man’s mission to make gaming a little less white

FIGHTING CHANCE

RUBEN GALLEGO'S BATTLE AGAINST KARI LAKE COULD DECIDE THE FATE OF THE SENATE-AND DEMOCRACY ITSELF. NO PRESSURE.

Become Ungovernable

The spectacular implosion of the Libertarian Party

Spoiler Alert

Third-party candidates never win national elections, but they can still have serious consequences.

THE DEMOCRACY BOMB

A day ahead of the third anniversary of January 6, President Joe Biden traveled to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-where George Washington encamped during the Revolutionary War-before delivering what he described as a \"deadly serious\" speech framing the stakes of the 2024 election.

OH CRAP - SLUDGE REPORT

Can Maine lead the way to a future without forever chemicals?

JERSEY BOYS - AGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

Young voters are powering Rep. Andy Kim's challenge to Trenton's powers that be.

TASK FORCE - GUN FOR HIRE

The operative who invented Swift Boating could put Trump on course for reelection.

Let Them Eat Kelp

Is seaweed farming the wave of the future?

To Match a Predator

Dating apps promise to hook you up with romance. But they can deliver con artists, rapists, and murderers.

A Pennsylvania Prophet

Meet the Christian nationalists who want to assert dominion-starting with the Keystone State.

"I'm Not Turming the Other Cheek Any More"

Radicals took over the Michigan GOP. Now they can't stop losing.

"Absolutely Do Not Send Them There"

Foster kids have few advocates and little agency. That makes them the perfect cash cow for the country's biggest psychiatric hospital chain.

RICH DOC, POOR DOC

Why do the most important kinds of doctors earn the least money?

FREEDOM READERS

Authors of banned books-like me-are battling right-wing censorship daily. But we can't do it alone.

VAPOR TRAIL

After a cannabis product turned up at my kid's school, I rode into the Wild West of unregulated pot.