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The Fissures and Fractures Behind the Right’s Pink Facade
After Roe was overturned, some young women are turning more hard-line on abortion—but others are fleeing conservatism altogether.
In a San Antonio hotel ballroom in June, about 2,000 conservative women rose to their feet, cheering, as Erik...
Take Action Now: Release the Iran School Bombing Report
The destroyed building of Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School is seen after a US-Israel strike in Minab that killed 185 people, including dozens of students and teachers, most of them children, in Hormozgan, Iran, on March 21, 2026. (Hassan Gh...
The UAW Wave Has Hit Our Shores
By Ella Fanger
During Claire Valdez’s campaign this year to represent New York’s District 7 in Congress, a slogan organically emerged: “Claire was there.” Repeated by labor organizers and campaign surrogates, the phrase referred to Valdez’...
Abdul El-Sayed Diagnoses American Politics
(Evan Cobb / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Abdul El-Sayed’s bid for Michigan’s open US Senate seat could well decide which party controls the chamber after November’s midterm elections. Historically, a candidate in such a position...
Tracking the Crisis: Contagion
Homeland Security Investigations outside the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar on October 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Leyden / Getty Images)
Published in conjunction with The Democracy Collaborative, TRACKING THE CRISIS is a weekly round-up...
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