| Jun 29, 2022 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAn earlier version of this op-ed was published on May 11, 2022. It was updated on June 29 with new information. The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade — and with it, half a century of constitutional precedent. At least 26 states are now likely to criminalize...
| Dec 1, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAre free and fair elections too much to ask for? Thanks to partisan gerrymandering — and its ugly cousin, prison gerrymandering — the answer is often yes. High-stakes redistricting battles now underway will help determine next year’s midterm elections. In a perfect...
| Feb 24, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMore than 230 years ago, the founders of the United States enshrined their vision for our democracy in the preamble to the Constitution. Its opening line begins with a powerful aspiration and mandate for our government to serve “we, the people.” Since then, our...
| Apr 8, 2020 | Rights / DemocracyWisconsin might have just decided the November election for Trump at the expense of its own citizens’ lives. As of April 7, the state’s primary election day, there were 2,511 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state, with the disease continuing to spread. Thanks to...
| Nov 6, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRepublicans are less likely to win elections when voter turnout is high. It’s true: Four of the five states with the highest voter turnout voted blue in the last presidential and midterm elections. All are crucial swing states. In 2016, the one that didn’t — Wisconsin...