[ad_1] Some observers say the war isn’t that big a deal in the 2024 campaign. Here’s why they’re so wrong. Ad Policy President Joe Biden delivers remarks while meeting with the Joint Chiefs and Combatant Commanders in the Cabinet Room of the White House May 15, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee / Getty Images) […]

[ad_1] In a topsy-turvy ruling, the conservatives on the Supreme Court ordered Louisiana to use a VRA-compliant congressional map while the liberals dissented. Ad Policy The US Supreme Court Building at night. (Ralph Grunewald / Getty Images) Earlier this week, the Supreme Court issued a stay that should resolve the latest lawsuits over Louisiana’s congressional […]

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[ad_1] Earlier this month, President Biden spoke about protests that have roiled many U.S. college campuses. Among their demands is for the Israeli military to leave Gaza. Biden said students have a right to protest but not to be disruptive. He is set to speak at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday. Drew Angerer/AFP via […]

[ad_1] Politics / Left Coast / May 17, 2024 The money-saving measure happening in districts throughout the country leaves too many kids without anything to do—or in some cases, anything to eat. Ad Policy (Getty) Late last month, while I was reporting a story on the election season in Arizona, I met a voter registration […]

[ad_1] Politics / Rethinking Rural / May 17, 2024 Putting together a Democratic majority in 2024 requires winning back some portion of the rural working class. The good news is that it can be done. Here’s how. Ad Policy Bruce, after arriving in the middle of the night, waits to enter a Remote Area Medical […]

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Two years ago, Illinois lawmakers tried to help students with extreme needs who had a limited number of schools available to them. They […]

[ad_1] Mifepristone and misoprostol inside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights, Ill. in 2021. The drugs are used after miscarriage and for bleeding and other obstetrical procedures and problems. In combination, they can also induce an early abortion. Lawmakers in New Orleans are considering a bill to reclassify the medications as controlled dangerous substances. […]

[ad_1] Family members of plaintiffs in the historic Brown v. Board of Education met with President Biden to mark the 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Family members of plaintiffs in the historic Brown v. Board of Education met with President Biden to mark the 70th […]

[ad_1] Books & the Arts / May 14, 2024 Marty Peretz and the travails of American liberalism. From his New Left days to his neoliberalism and embrace of interventionism, The Controversialist is a portrait of his own political trajectory and that of American liberalism too. Ad Policy Martin Peretz (R) and then–New Republic editor Hendrick […]