You want to live in a Freedom City? Take a closer look at Honduras. Heather Sullivan - April 23, 2025 Próspera offers a cautionary tale on deregulation and charter cities.
The GOP is using bathrooms to target the first trans congresswoman Zein Murib - November 19, 2024 A long, ugly history of bathrooms-as-discrimination predates the attack on freshman member of Congress Sarah McBride.
The latest on SB4, the Texas push to control the U.S. border Andrea Silva - April 9, 2024 State efforts to override federal immigration policies tend to backfire, research shows.
Transgender candidates win elections. Here’s why. Zein Murib - November 13, 2023 Some research suggests the wave of trans candidates’ wins is unexpected.
Liberal Democrats are more hawkish than you might think Emily Sullivan and Dina Smeltz - November 16, 2022 They’re the ones who endorse military support for Ukraine, Taiwan and other places when there’s a threat. to human rights or democracy.
Kansans voted to protect abortion rights. Why? Zoe Nemerever - August 4, 2022 Voters don’t like changing constitutions — and often aren’t as conservative as state legislators tend to assume
South Dakota’s wealth is in finance. South Dakotans still think it’s in farming. Filip Viskupič and David Wiltse - October 14, 2021 More people may work in agriculture — but the Pandora Papers revealed that the state has become an international financial haven
The Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery. Here’s what did. Clarence Lusane - June 24, 2021 Two states — Delaware and Kentucky — still allowed slavery until the 13th Amendment was ratified, six months after Juneteenth.
Openly LGBTQ candidates are running in record numbers — again Gabriele Magni and Andrew Reynolds - October 27, 2020 Numbers and diversity are increasing every election cycle. Here’s why.
These states are most likely to boost turnout — despite the pandemic Michael J. Pomante II - October 7, 2020 The Cost of Voting Index is keeping tabs on which states have made it easier to vote this year.