Politics & Government
Phil Roeder (CC BY 2.0)
How Tennessee’s Ban on Youth Trans Care Could Impact All Children Nationwide
Trans youth can teach us–and the Supreme Court–how to make it right. Read more
Dec 6, 2024
Yuri Keegstra (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Wisconsin Republicans are Out of Step With the Times on Act 10
A new court ruling rebukes former Governor Scott Walker’s 2011 union busting law. Read more
Dec 5, 2024
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Reaction to ICC Indictment Reveals Bipartisan Contempt for International Law
The international community wants to hold Israeli leaders accountable for war crimes committed in Gaza. Why is the United States standing in the way? Read more
Dec 5, 2024
Julian Herzog (CC BY 4.0)
Under Biden, the Department of Transportation Has Made Progress For Airline Passengers in Wheelchairs
But the fate of these improvements is up to the incoming Trump Administration. Read more
Dec 4, 2024
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Why Some Voters Across the Country Backed Progressive Ballot Initiatives—and Donald Trump
From abortion rights to minimum wage hikes to legal marijuana, voters’ support for ballot issues didn’t correlate with their support for candidates. Read more
Nov 25, 2024
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Who Won the Latinx Vote in 2024? It’s More Complicated Than That.
Latinx people are not a monolithic voting bloc. We need to stop analyzing them as such. Read more
Nov 22, 2024
Titiwoot Weerawong
For Black Americans, Post-Election Spam Messages Signal Mounting Threat
In Denton County, Texas, and across the US, a string of racist incidents raises fears white supremacists have been emboldened by Trump’s victory. Read more
Nov 22, 2024
Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)
The Efficacy of Hate
Trump duped the working class by appealing to hate, the most primal of instincts. Can progressives respond with an attack on oligarchy? Read more
Nov 21, 2024
Charles Edward Miller (CC BY-SA 2.0)
What a Second Trump Administration Means for Medicaid
Republicans will use block grants to gut the health care program. Read more
Nov 21, 2024
Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Trump and the Dictators’ Playbook
How the former and next President could borrow from the example of others to sideline democracy. Read more
Nov 14, 2024
Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Midwest Dispatch: Populism Gone Wrong
The narrowness of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s victory in Minnesota proves that their “soft populism” didn’t go nearly far enough. Read more
Nov 6, 2024
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Exporting Emissions is Bad Politics and Bad Climate Policy
The Harris-Walz campaign tells us we are on the way to a clean energy future—while bumping up oil and natural gas emissions. Read more
Nov 1, 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Skullduggery in the Congo
A new documentary sheds light on how genopolitics are performed in the modern age. Read more
Nov 1, 2024
Elvert Barnes (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Despite what Trump Says, Project 2025 Will Be His Blueprint for Taking Away Our Freedoms
Project 2025 lays out a plan for a Trump Administration to censor free speech, uphold inequality, and punish dissenters. Read more
Nov 1, 2024
Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)
What the Armenian American Vote Means for the 2024 Election
If Harris continues to support the status quo on Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Israel, it could cost her the Armenian American vote. Read more
Oct 30, 2024
Howder Family (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Pride, Prejudice, and the Politics of Being Poor
Two new books explore the untapped political power of impoverished white people in America. Read more
Oct 28, 2024
Eric Purcell (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Support Is Rising for Puerto Rican Independence
Statehood and sovereignty are now tied in surveys of public opinion. Read more
Oct 24, 2024
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The Voting Bloc Candidates Overlook
Why aren’t the presidential contenders courting people with disabilities? Read more
Oct 23, 2024
Mykhailo Polenok
Midwest Dispatch: Popular Sovereignty Won’t Save Us
From the Civil War to this year’s election, popular sovereignty has been used to suppress the will of the people. Read more
Oct 22, 2024
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Inside the Evangelical Voter’s Mind: Understanding Trump’s Enduring Appeal
Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans’ worldview aligns with the evangelical mindset. Read more
Oct 21, 2024
