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Kansas Democratic U.S. Sente candidate Adam Hamilton, left, and Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom, right, both pictured August, 2026.

If You Don’t Like Polls, Follow the Money

by Bill Scher September 22, 2026September 22, 2026

Feminist author Gloria Steinem speaks to the San Francisco Chronicle about the current outlooks of the women’s movement during an interview at Le Méridien in San Francisco, June, 1987.

Books

A Feminist Humanist’s Last Word

by Clara Bingham September 22, 2026September 29, 2026

The headquarters of the U.S. Census Bureau is seen in Suitland, Maryland, August, 2024.

Before the Fall

by Merrill Goozner September 21, 2026September 21, 2026

Vote-by-mail ballots are shown in sorting trays on August 5, 2020, at the King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Washington.

The Precarious Future of Vote by Mail

by Anne Kim September 20, 2026September 18, 2026

Many Democrats are hot to remake the Supreme Court. But it’s the lifetime appointment that just kept Trump from meddling with the midterms.

Law and Justice

The Supreme Court Still Works as the Founders Intended

by Bill Scher September 18, 2026September 18, 2026

Courtroom sketch depicting Supreme Court justices, from left, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, listening to arguments on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, in Washington.

Books

The Case for a Shadow Court

by Garrett Epps September 17, 2026September 18, 2026

Could the Clerk of the House lead a midterm coup? Garrett Epps looks to 1863 and 1865 for warnings about our current crisis.

Law and Justice

Can the House Clerk Lead a Midterm Coup?

by Garrett Epps September 16, 2026September 16, 2026

George W. Bush

Never Forgetting 9/11 Means Learning Lessons

by Bill Scher September 16, 2026September 16, 2026

Who Are the “Trump Regretters”?

by Anne Kim September 16, 2026October 6, 2026

Then House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank presides over the committee’s hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 11, 2009.

Books

Barney Frank’s Last Harsh Warning to the Left

by Anne Kim September 15, 2026September 17, 2026