The Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery. Here’s what did.
Two states – Delaware and Kentucky – still allowed slavery until the 13th Amendment was ratified in late 1865
The Supreme Court just took a case that could kill Roe v. Wade — or let it die slowly
Can states ban abortion before ‘viability,’ meaning before the fetus could survive outside the womb?
Five states ban transgender girls from girls’ school sports. But segregating sports by sex hurts all girls.
When Title IX first segregated school sports into girls’ and boys’ teams, it was meant to be temporary.
Transgender sports bans raise an awkward question: Why categorize healthcare and sports by sex at all?
Here’s how American forms, policies, and regulations push citizens to think about gender in culturally specific ways.
These states are most likely to boost turnout — despite the pandemic
The Cost of Voting Index is keeping tabs on which states have made it easier to vote this year.
Are the Trump administration’s actions in Portland legal? Are they constitutional?
The devil’s in the details.
The white press has a history of endangering Black lives going back a century
In 1919, the white national press spread a false story that covered up a white massacre of African Americans in Arkansas
#NeverTrump conservatives want to shape the Republicans — and the Democrats, too
In 2016, they tried to persuade Mattis to run against Trump.
Pelosi called Trump ‘morbidly obese.’ Voters don’t like overweight candidates.
Our new study looks at how weight matters in politics.