Can States Legally Ban Emergency Abortions?

“Hospitals in many amici States are already experiencing strains, resulting in overcrowding, long wait times, and staff shortages, particularly in rural and underserved areas, all of which can affect morbidity and mortality,” the brief said. “Providing medical treatment to additional Continue reading Can States Legally Ban Emergency Abortions?

The Red States Fighting the Good Fight Against Big Tech

Moreover, the common carriage approach isn’t a recipe for more hate speech: This problem is a function of these platforms’ basic business model—surveillance advertising. In the 1990s, people could express white supremacist views on bulletin boards, but their posts wouldn’t Continue reading The Red States Fighting the Good Fight Against Big Tech

Here’s Why Abortion Rights Activists Are Taking Their Fight to the States

Many Democrats support either eliminating Social Security’s cap on taxable wages, expanding the types of compensation subject to Social Security payroll taxes—fringe benefits like health insurance, for example—or increasing payroll taxes. “The problem has been that, over time, the amount Continue reading Here’s Why Abortion Rights Activists Are Taking Their Fight to the States

Few States Block Gun Purchases After Emergency Mental Health Hospitalizations

In The Trace’s analysis, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, New York, and Washington all limit guns for people who have been subject to an emergency hospitalization. But the laws vary widely from state to state, and it’s difficult to assess whether they Continue reading Few States Block Gun Purchases After Emergency Mental Health Hospitalizations

The Pinochet-Era Debt that the United States Still Hasn’t Settled

“We knew this dictatorship has a lot of power, because it’s capable of killing in the United States,” said my father, Luis Manríquez, another Pinochet exile, who learned of the Letelier assassination as a teenager in Santiago reading Solidaridad, an Continue reading The Pinochet-Era Debt that the United States Still Hasn’t Settled

How Blue States Are Fighting for Voting Rights When Washington Doesn’t

Prior to the Shelby decision, states and counties with the worst histories and recent records of voting discrimination had to obtain “federal preclearance”—that is, approval from the Department of Justice or a federal court—before implementing any changes to voting laws Continue reading How Blue States Are Fighting for Voting Rights When Washington Doesn’t