The majority upholds state bans on trans athletes, sidelinging key evidence, scientific fact, and its own logic upholding trans rights in employment.
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Posted inBooks
The Return of the Native
Nicholas Lemann’s family history illuminates what it means to be Jewish in America and explains how we choose our religious and ethnic identities.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Plot to Destroy the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court’s ruling eviscerating Section 2 of the landmark law is only part of its project.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Mystery of the Joan Little Case
A Black woman claimed self-defense after killing her jailer. Her 1975 high-profile trial shook the American South, and a recent documentary highlights eternal questions about juries and public pressure.
Posted inFeatured
Keep Hope Alive: Reflections on Jesse Jackson
The late civil rights leader who died this week built a multiracial, multifaith coalition rooted in shared economic and democratic aspirations.
Posted inPolitics
Donald Trump Is Really Racist
The president not only traffics in racist rhetoric, but also racist policies, and we should not shy away from pointing out the harms.
Posted inLaw and Justice
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, A Moment to Reflect on the Constitution
The Constitution is occasionally amended and continually interpreted, and it still offers hope for the future.
Posted inHigher Education
The Quiet War on Hispanic-Serving Colleges
Trump’s bid to strip race from policy has landed squarely on the institutions educating the country’s future.
Posted inPodcast
How the Supreme Court Could Turbocharge Gerrymandering
A pending decision could gut the Voting Rights Act and encourage states to disenfranchise minority voters.
Posted inPolitics
What Is the “American Contradiction”?
Paul Starr on the deeper historical roots of what will be called the Trump Era—whether we like it or not.
