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Monkey sounds, “white power” and the N-word: School racial harassment ignored under Trump

Jennifer Smith Richards, Megan O’Matz, Jodi S. Cohen
Ron Johnson, United States senator from Wisconsin, during a congressional hearing on Thursday, November 13, 2025. (Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

Ron Johnson endorses discredited doctor’s book on chemical he claims treats autism and cancer

Megan O’Matz
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Trump’s Education Department is working to erode the public school system

Megan O’Matz, Jennifer Smith Richards
Americans vote at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens polling place on November 8, 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Wisconsin GOP sowed distrust over elections. Now they may push out the state’s top election official

Megan O’Matz
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Pentagon on September 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

How an anti-abortion law firm teamed up with a disgraced Kansas attorney to dispute 2020 election

Megan O’Matz
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That cardboard box in your home is fueling election denial

Justin Elliott, Megan O’Matz, Doris Burke
Former President Donald Trump listens as Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Michels speaks during a rally on August 05, 2022 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Election deniers failed to hand Wisconsin to Trump – but paved the way for future GOP success

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Virginia Kase Solomon, CEO of League of Women Voters, speaks onstage during press conference following the Peace Walk in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Washington, DC at Union Station on January 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Brian Stukes/Getty Images)

The GOP turns against the League of Women Voters

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Former assistant minority leader Cole Wist speaks to Rep. Larry Liston at the Colorado State Capitol on April 25, 2018. (Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

“No compromise”: A Republican tried to pass commonsense gun bill. Then the gun lobby intervened

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The hypnotherapist and failed politician who helped fuel never-ending hunt for election fraud

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Election personnel check in provisional ballots at the Gwinnett County Board of Voter Registrations and Elections offices on November 7, 2020 in Lawrenceville, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Meet the billionaire helping to enlist Trump-supporting citizens to hunt for voter fraud

Megan O’Matz