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It’s More Than Sexism

March 10, 2022

Go Knock on Doors

February 17, 2022

Students in Mississippi, aiding in voter registration efforts during the summer of 1964

The Incredible Vanishing Trump Presidency

David A. Graham

February 9, 2022

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Executive Privilege Is Lawless

January 20, 2022

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The Media Is Failing on Abortion

Molly Jong-Fast

December 7, 2021

The Atlantic Daily: The New Normal on Abortion

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

December 1, 2021

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Where We Stand, and Why

November 1, 2021

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Why Judges Let Monopolists Off the Hook

Zephyr Teachout

October 29, 2021

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Why I’ll Keep Saying ‘Pregnant Women’

October 26, 2021

A hand on a pregnant person's stomach

My Dad Is Dead. His Landlord Just Evicted Him.

Stephanie H. Murray

September 29, 2021

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Texas Is Alienating Abortion Moderates

September 21, 2021

The Texas flag flies above city hall.

A Strategy of Confusion

September 10, 2021

Red- and grey-tinted images of Greg Abbott, Amy Barret, Brett Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court, with a sports play drawn over the images

Another Extremist Law That Americans Have to Live With

Chavi Eve Karkowsky

September 6, 2021

A sign protesting the Texas abortion law

The Strange, Sudden Silence of Conservative Abortion Foes

David A. Graham

September 4, 2021

An abortion-rights protester and an anti-abortion protester

The Justices Are Telling Us What They Think About Roe v. Wade

September 3, 2021

Artwork depicting black and white roman columns overlaid on a circle made up of half of the Texas state flag and half of a blue 'Keep Abortion Legal' sign.

The Atlantic Daily: How Texas Citizens Won the Right to Be Anti-Abortion Vigilantes

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 2, 2021

The Era of Easier Voting for Disabled People Is Over

August 25, 2021

A person using a wheelchair votes at a wheelchair-accessible voting booth.

This Court Has Abandoned the Most Essential Element in American Democracy: Voters

July 25, 2021

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The Hate-Crime Case in Which No One Was Intimidated

Conor Friedersdorf

July 25, 2021

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Why In-Law Relationships Can Be So Challenging

Rebecca J. Rosen

July 5, 2021

A man and woman, each trapped under a dogpile of human bodies, reach out to each other and hold hands

The Atlantic Daily: Only Congress Can Save Voting Rights Now

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

July 1, 2021

Red 'A' on an envelope

The Strange Elegance of Joe Manchin’s Voter-ID Deal

June 18, 2021

Vaccine Lottery Tickets Are Sad, but Also Perfect

May 21, 2021

A picture of someone holding a glass of beer. The glass has a stick that reads "I got my COVID-19 vaccine."

The War on Trans Kids Is Totally Unconstitutional

Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr.

May 16, 2021

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The Sun Never Set on the British Empire’s Oppression

Timothy McLaughlin

April 15, 2021

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The Truth About Georgia’s Voter Law

April 8, 2021

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Where Science and Miracles Meet

March 22, 2021

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Ban All Big Mergers. Period.

Robert H. Lande and Sandeep Vaheesan

February 25, 2021

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The Permanent Colony

Timothy McLaughlin

January 28, 2021

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We Can’t Let Our Elections Be This Vulnerable Again

Richard L. Hasen

January 4, 2021

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The 1996 Law That Ruined the Internet

Steve Randy Waldman

January 3, 2021

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Trump’s Election Litigation Will Have Lasting Effects

December 3, 2020

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Dear Therapist: I Had a Great Relationship With My In-Laws. Then Everything Changed.

November 9, 2020

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RBG’s Fingerprints Are All Over Your Everyday Life

September 23, 2020

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To Have Known Her

Amanda L. Tyler

September 21, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler

The Weaponization of the Free-Exercise Clause

Howard Gillman and Erwin Chemerinsky

September 18, 2020

An illustration of a knight with the words of the First Amendment standing in as his spear