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

Dobbs is the next stress test for America’s teetering democracy.

By Zack Beauchamp

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

America’s 1.7 million incarcerated people have a constitutional right to medical treatment. During the pandemic, many of them say they didn’t get it in time.

By Victoria Law

The anti-abortion “social safety net”

The right wants "crisis pregnancy centers" to replace abortion clinics.

By Anna North

You shouldn’t have to ask your boss for an abortion

Corporate America is an imperfect ally on abortion rights.

By Emily Stewart

Giving people cash is usually better than shipping them food

Another thing cash can do: fight global hunger.

By Siobhan McDonough

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

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District is a big victory for the religious right, but only because Gorsuch misrepresents the facts of the case.

By Ian Millhiser

Biden’s chance to go bolder on abortion rights

"This is not a time for speeches and hoping people will vote in November."

By Li Zhou

The biggest myths about gas prices

Making sense of the political theater over gas prices.

By Rebecca Leber

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