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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.
Iranian American author Hooman Majd on the Israel–Iran ceasefire, Trump’s role in escalating the conflict, and whether diplomacy can survive.
Taylor Lorenz and Akela Lacy on how bots, influencers, and political actors distort real-world violence before facts emerge.
ICE agents are arresting day laborers and raiding businesses across the country. They didn’t expect community resistance.