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Right-to-carry laws lead to more violent crime: Isn’t that a huge surprise?
Amanda Marcotte
The NRA wants everyone to buy guns and carry them — but research shows that violence rises when people pack heat
Trump’s porn-star payoff may have been illegal: Will it matter?
Amanda Marcotte
Common Cause wants to know whether Trump's alleged payment to Stormy Daniels violated campaign finance laws
On abortion, it’s time to start trusting women: They know what they’re doing
Amanda Marcotte
Anti-abortion conservatives think women are thoughtless and irresponsible. Research shows the opposite is true
Diabetes crisis threatens to undermine health care — while GOP destroys it
Amanda Marcotte
Diabetes affects 10 percent of adults, but Republicans are undermining virtually all programs that can help
GOP snowflakes: Trump administration wants to let doctors, nurses discriminate
Amanda Marcotte
Now the government wants to let anti-abortion and anti-LGBT health providers refuse care on religious grounds
Trump seems likely to kill any immigration compromise: So now what?
Amanda Marcotte
Trump claims to want a DACA deal — but his right-wing aides are using his ingrained racism to make that impossible
Trump’s Interior secretary wages war on “deep state”: his own staff
Amanda Marcotte
Ryan Zinke wants to "restructure" the Interior Department. That may be cover for a widespread purge of "enemies"
Katie Roiphe, Moira Donegan and that list: #MeToo survives another backlash
Amanda Marcotte
Amazingly, a social-media battle over the list of "sh***y men" utterly fails to undermine the #MeToo movement
Dreamers hope court decision points toward long-term victory
Amanda Marcotte
A judge just blocked Trump from ending DACA, which raises the pressure on Republicans to find a solution
Can Ohio purge voters? Crucial rights case goes to Supreme Court
Amanda Marcotte
Ohio wants to dump voters who skip three elections. If SCOTUS says yes, the door's open to a widespread crackdown
With El Salvador decision, Trump’s immigration policy veers into white nationalism
Amanda Marcotte
Trump moves toward deporting 200,000 longtime immigrants from El Salvador — and, no, they're not "illegal"
GOP’s new scheme to destroy welfare: Spend the money on other stuff
Amanda Marcotte
Maine Gov. Paul LePage leads the nation in redirecting funds meant to help people out of poverty to other ends
Does regulation kill off business profits, as Trump claims? Not at all
Amanda Marcotte
Republicans want us to believe Dodd-Frank financial regulations slow economic growth, but the opposite may be true
Senate Republicans want to speed up approval of Trump’s nutty nominees
Amanda Marcotte
Trump has nominated numerous people who seem unhinged or unqualified. McConnell's solution: Rubber-stamp 'em all!
Ben Sasse is no friend to the resistance: He’s Trump with extra sanctimony
Amanda Marcotte
Nebraska senator wants to be seen as a principled Trump foe — but on issues of substance, they're peas in a pod
Florida may restore voting rights to 1.7 million ex-felons: So long, Republicans!
Amanda Marcotte
An initiative to restore voting rights to ex-felons may be on Florida's ballot. Will Gov. Rick Scott stop it?
Trump’s EPA head will do anything to avoid protecting Americans from pollution
Amanda Marcotte
Scott Pruitt is using a bureaucratic shell game to stop states from protecting their residents from air pollution
Year of the “alt-right”: As 2017 ends, it’s less visible, but still building a movement
Amanda Marcotte
After Charlottesville, white supremacists dialed back their big public events, but online recruiting continues
We, Tonya: Disgraced skater finds redemption as symbol of 2017 feminism
Amanda Marcotte
In "I, Tonya," the 1990s figure skater's all-consuming anger makes the perfect avatar of women's rage circa 2017
Will the Resistance win in 2018? Maybe not, but we must keep fighting
Amanda Marcotte
This year was bad, and 2018 could be worse. When victories are elusive, it's time to learn to love the fight
Austin activists win important victory on abusive policing
Amanda Marcotte
When the city's police contract came up for renewal, Black Lives Matter activists seized an opportunity for change
California resists: State attorney general spent 2017 relentlessly suing Trump
Amanda Marcotte
Xavier Becerra was empowered to go after Trump on regulatory rollback — and sued the feds 24 times in 2017
ACLU sues a Louisiana district over school prayer, enforced religion
Amanda Marcotte
Louisiana student reports coerced prayer, mandatory sermons and a teacher describing evolution as a "fairy tale"
Death of a legislator: Dan Johnson’s suicide and the GOP’s far-right drift
Amanda Marcotte
Before facing abuse allegations and taking his own life, Kentucky Rep. Dan Johnson was becoming a far-right leader
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