Know Your Enemy: Frank Meyer, Inventor of Conservatism
Podcast about Frank Meyer: Matt and Sam interview Daniel J. Flynn about his new book The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The…
The Texas redistricting fight: Backdrop for the new Trump legal strategy
The administration has been testing a strategy of using the courts as leverage to force political outcomes. In Texas, the…
How the conservative Federalist Society will affect the Supreme Court for decades to come
During the 2016 presidential election campaign, candidate Donald Trump took the unprecedented move of releasing a list of his potential…
When did caring for America’s most vulnerable kids become political?
Though it survived elimination, Head Start is under threat. Now that they have been directed to ban undocumented children, providers…
“Bathroom bill” aimed at trans people approved by Texas House after decade of failed attempts
The “Bathroom Bill” will restrict restrooms in government buildings, public schools and universities based on sex assigned at birth and…
An Oregon wood treater kept polluting a town’s water source with a now-banned chemical — but regulators didn’t stop it
Nearby tribe calls on state, federal agencies to end a “decade-long pattern of reckless violations”
The Country of My Birth is Losing its Democracy. It Can Happen Here, Too.
Trump admires “strongmen” like Bukele in El Salvador because he wants unlimited powers like these for himself.
US Senate Health Leaders Committee Question CDC Tumult
Bipartisan leaders of a U.S. Senate committee dealing with health policy expressed alarm with the direction of the country’s top…
Trump Admin Threatens 40 States’ Funding for Sex Ed Programs
The threat comes after California refused to change its curriculum last week and HHS terminated the state’s nearly $6 million-a-year…
Texas power plants and chemical companies benefit as Trump eases pollution rules, experts say
A two-year delay on new mercury rules benefits coal-fired power plants, while chemical plants got an exemption from stricter air…
Endangered Species Act was waived to build border wall through wildlife refuge
Advocates say there’s no national security justification for building a wall through a wildlife refuge that provides habitat to endangered…
Neri Alvarado was sent to prison because of an autism awareness tattoo. This is his story.
The Trump administration sent 238 men to a torture prison claiming they were fang members based on “gang tattoos.’ Neri…
