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Black women will suffer the most without Roe

Black women seek abortions at the highest rate and will face greater rates of maternal mortality without the right to choose.

By Fabiola Cineas

The nontoxic social media app that tells you your toxic traits

Personality tests are mostly bogus. Dimensional is fun anyway.

By Rebecca Jennings

Google searches show people’s questions and fears in a post-Roe America

In Arkansas, people asked if abortion was legal in Texas. In Louisiana, they asked about Florida.

By Rani Molla

Anyone can fall for online scams — even you. Here’s how to avoid them.

From spam texts to payment app fraud to crypto tricks.

By Sara Morrison

What if NASA actually finds life on Mars?

If there was life on Mars billions of years ago — even just microbial life — it could change our understanding of how life begins.

By Brian Resnick

2 winners and 3 losers from the Colorado, Illinois, and New York primaries

Trump and his election lies were once again on the ballot in multiple states.

By Li Zhou and Nicole Narea

What a lawsuit in Mississippi tells us about the future of abortion pills

A mifepristone manufacturer has been arguing in court that state restrictions can’t preempt the FDA.

By Rachel M. Cohen

Here’s why Netflix made you wait a month to watch the rest of Stranger Things

One chart that tells you a lot about the state of the streaming service.

By Peter Kafka and Rani Molla

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Roe v. Wade v. God

A rabbi, a priest, and an imam walk into the abortion debate. The priest wins.

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The Supreme Court just handed down very bad news for Black voters

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Cassidy Hutchinson just changed everything

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Another 50 migrant deaths and an ever-climbing body count on the border

By Nicole Narea June 28

7 shocking revelations from a real bad afternoon for Donald Trump

By Ben Jacobs June 28

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Think polarization is bad now? Wait till the post-Roe abortion wars get started.

By Zack Beauchamp June 28

Giving people cash is usually better than shipping them food

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Health care in jails and prisons is terrible. The pandemic made it even worse.

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Biden’s chance to go bolder on abortion rights

By Li Zhou June 27

The Supreme Court hands the religious right a big victory by lying about the facts of a case

By Ian Millhiser June 27

What Biden wants to achieve in Europe — and whether he’ll get it

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Why Democrats keep saying “Roe is on the ballot”

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Pregnancy in a post-Roe America

Our maternal mortality rate was already bad. What happens now?

The coming legal battles of post-Roe America

By Rachel M. Cohen June 27

The biggest myths about gas prices

By Rebecca Leber June 27

In 48 hours of protest, thousands of Americans cry out for abortion rights

By Natasha Ishak June 26

What happens when the public loses faith in the Supreme Court?

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6 things sex educators want you to know now that Roe has been overturned

By Keren Landman June 26

Trigger laws and abortion restrictions, explained

By Natasha Ishak June 25

District attorneys could be a last defense against abortion bans

By Nicole Narea June 25

Republicans are eyeing a nationwide abortion ban. Can they pull it off?

By Nicole Narea June 25

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The economic case for abortion rights

Being able to access abortion is about all kinds of justice — economic justice included.

By Aubrey Hirsch June 25

The case against the Supreme Court of the United States

By Ian Millhiser June 25

The end of Roe is only the beginning for Republicans

By Nicole Narea June 24

5 ways abortion bans could hurt women in the workforce

By Rani Molla June 24

Roe is gone. What do Democrats do now?

By Christian Paz June 24

How the Uvalde police failed

By Fabiola Cineas June 24

Could Clarence Thomas’s Dobbs concurrence signal a future attack on LGBTQ rights?

By Zack Beauchamp June 24

Congress passes a landmark gun control package

By Nicole Narea June 24

The end of Roe v. Wade, explained

By Ian Millhiser June 24

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