We Are on the Precipice of a Housing Disaster We Are on the Precipice of a Housing Disaster
The average household debt burden has only grown during the pandemic—where is the legislative action?
Sep 17, 2021 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
Problem Solved Problem Solved
Just don’t have sex in Texas. You’re welcome!
Sep 15, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
First Texas Came for Abortion. Now It’s Going After Voting Rights. First Texas Came for Abortion. Now It’s Going After Voting Rights.
Just a week after Texas’s abortion ban went into effect, Governor Greg Abbot signed a draconian voter suppression bill into law.
Sep 13, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Susan Collins, Brett Kavanaugh, and Texas’s Abortion Ban Susan Collins, Brett Kavanaugh, and Texas’s Abortion Ban
Collins cleared the way for Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court, and Kavanaugh cleared the way for this new assault on reproductive rights.
Sep 10, 2021 / John Nichols
The Justice Department Strikes Back The Justice Department Strikes Back
Since the DOJ cannot force Texas Republicans to magically become decent people, its smart lawsuit against the state’s abortion ban is the next best thing.
Sep 10, 2021 / Elie Mystal
What Do You Think This Is, Earth Prime? What Do You Think This Is, Earth Prime?
That’s the one where all the problems keep not getting fixed.
Sep 8, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
Sotomayor’s Defiant Dissent Sotomayor’s Defiant Dissent
In her blistering dissent, the Supreme Court justice calls out her conservative colleagues’ breathtaking disregard of precedent and the Constitution.
Sep 3, 2021 / Justice Sonia Sotomayor
This Is What the First Hours of a Near-Total Ban on Abortion Look Like This Is What the First Hours of a Near-Total Ban on Abortion Look Like
The Texas law SB 8 will force abortion clinics in the state to turn away about 80 percent of all patients.
Sep 2, 2021 / Amy Littlefield
“Roe v. Wade” Will Functionally Cease to Exist in Texas “Roe v. Wade” Will Functionally Cease to Exist in Texas
Unless the Supreme Court steps in, the country’s most dangerous anti-abortion law will go into effect, banning abortions after six weeks and placing a cash bounty on providers.
Aug 31, 2021 / Elie Mystal for The Nation
Cori Bush Is Determined to Save the Eviction Moratorium Cori Bush Is Determined to Save the Eviction Moratorium
She lit a fire under the Biden administration to keep people in their homes, but the Supreme Court ruling has renewed the housing crisis.
Aug 27, 2021 / John Nichols