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There’s an Obvious Reason Why The Republican Justices Sound So Nervous
Persuading the public that a Republican-controlled Court issuing Republican-friendly decisions is not a Republican body has never been more difficult.
By Madiba K. Dennie
05.08.26 | 9:23 am
We Aren’t Paying Enough Attention to What the SCOTUS VRA Decision Means for State Legislatures
The Supreme Court's ruling impacts much more than control of Congress.
By Gaby Goldstein
05.06.26 | 1:49 pm
President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
The Gift Barack Obama Gave to Donald Trump
By Ian Shapiro
05.05.26 | 8:00 am
How Inequality Caused America’s Affordability Crisis
Americans’ correct impression that it takes more and more income just to get by long predates recent bursts of inflation.
By Robert H. Frank
05.04.26 | 1:48 pm
What’s Really Underpinning the ‘Missing Scientists’ Conspiracy Theory
By Mike Rothschild
04.27.26 | 8:00 am
Why Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Broke With Donald Trump
By Margherita de Candia
04.24.26 | 11:10 am
Two Immigration Panics, 20 Years Apart: What Happened in Farmers Branch?
By A.K. Sandoval-Strausz
04.23.26 | 8:00 am
Senate Republicans Have a Plan to Suspend Congressional Oversight of ICE for Trump’s Whole Term
By Charles Tiefer
04.23.26 | 7:00 am
John Roberts Is Always a Republican First
By Jay Willis
04.21.26 | 2:03 pm
Neomi Rao Understands What It Means to Be a Trump Judge
By Madiba K. Dennie
04.17.26 | 9:40 am
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