Journalist Kylie Cheung on why post-Dobbs restrictions “aren’t unintended consequences.”
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The International Rescue Committee’s Bob Kitchen unpacks how Israel’s war and aid restrictions, not food shortage, are driving Gaza’s hunger crisis.
Rick Loessberg and Akela Lacy trace the trajectory of America’s unfinished reckoning with policing, from the 1967 Kerner Report to the George Floyd protests to Trump 2.0.
While the U.S. backs Israel, Gaza’s civilian population faces mass starvation and death. Journalist and author Chris Hedges traces the roots of this unfolding atrocity.
Executive Lawlessness: Leah Litman on the Supreme Court Enabling Presidential Overreach
- July 18, 2025
From birthright citizenship to reproductive rights, SCOTUS is dismantling the legal limits on executive power.
Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., on how Trump’s megabill is the biggest wealth transfer in history and how money in politics is fueling America's slide into plutocratic authoritarianism.