Another Shutdown Looms Thanks To Far-Right Conservatives
Yet another government shutdown looms and lawmakers have until Friday night to avert it. Here's what's holding them up this time: House Republicans have refused to support a spending deal that doesn't...
28 Feb 202417min
Could Facebook Abandon Florida and Texas?
The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments on a case that could upend the online world. At issue are laws championed and passed by Republicans in Florida and Texas which would prevent social med...
27 Feb 202419min
Why Michigan’s Muslim and Arab Voters Are Uncommitted to Biden
Former President Donald Trump cleaned up in the South Carolina Republican primary last Saturday, winning 60 percent of the votes to Nikki Haley’s 40 percent, in spite of the fact that the battle playe...
26 Feb 202420min
How We Got Here: How Christian Nationalists Took Over the GOP
Republicans are coming after IVF? And no-fault divorce? This week, a Supreme Court ruling in Alabama and a new report from POLITICO unmasked an ascendant ideology taking over the Republican Party: Chr...
24 Feb 202428min
Russia Withholds Alexei Navalny's Body From His Family
The mother of deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that authorities are “blackmailing” her over his remains to get her to agree to a secret funeral. Sanctions on more than 500 target...
23 Feb 202416min
Fertility Treatments Threatened In Post-Roe Alabama
The University of Alabama health system became the first organization in the state to pause IVF treatments following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that said frozen embryos can legally be considered...
22 Feb 202419min
How The Ed Department Fumbled The FAFSA Revamp
The U.S. vetoed a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and stood alone on the 15-member U.N. Security Council in its vote. To understand the veto and the current state of hostag...
21 Feb 202420min
Mapping Out A New Wisconsin And Beyond
Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor Tony Evers signed new legislative maps into law on Monday, and broke a Republican gerrymander that has shaped the state’s politics for years. That means Democrats are p...
20 Feb 202425min
