The End of Roe
After Clinic Arson, Abortion Rights Advocates in Wyoming Step Up Their Fight
Lawmakers want to ban abortion. Advocates are confident that Wyoming’s constitution protects access — and they’re fighting in court to prove it.
Justice
Voices
Michigan’s New Anti-Trans Bill Threatens Care-Providing Parents With Life in Prison
And in Congress, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to bring the same penalty to the national level.
The War on Immigrants
The Texas Border County at the Center of a Dangerous Right-Wing Experiment
Officials in rural Kinney County, Texas, are pushing Gov. Greg Abbott to take ever more extreme action against migrants and asylum-seekers.
Voices
In Pig Welfare Case, Supreme Court Could Doom State Regulatory Laws Aimed at Industry
The right-wing justices who claim to support “states’ rights” could once again expose their hypocrisy in the service of big business.
Texas Claims It’s “Too Late” for DNA Testing That Could Get Rodney Reed Off Death Row
Now Reed is taking his fight to the Supreme Court.
Death and Dereliction
Barry Jones Is Running Out of Options. Will He Ever Leave Death Row?
Months after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out evidence of his innocence, Jones is still fighting to clear his name.
The War on Immigrants
Texas Jail Warden Charged With Killing Migrant Was Previously Accused of Serious Abuses
Mike Sheppard, who ran a privately operated ICE jail, oversaw alleged abuses and hate crimes so severe that a federal prosecutor involved the FBI.
The End of Roe
University of Idaho Issues Gag Order on Abortion
An email from the university’s general counsel seeks to steer employees around Idaho’s vague and archaic anti-abortion laws.
California Farmworkers Pressure Gov. Gavin Newsom on Union Bill
The bill — which would allow farmworkers to vote on unionization by mail — has the support of Biden and Pelosi, but an earlier version was vetoed by Newsom.
Trials of Richard Glossip
Oklahoma Lawmaker Calls for Investigation of Prosecutors Who Convicted Richard Glossip
Glossip faces a December execution date as Oklahoma lawmakers call attention to new evidence of prosecutorial misconduct in his case.