Civil rights & liberties are now the most important issue for Democrats Michael Tesler - August 28, 2025 More Democrats say it’s the most important issue facing the U.S. – more than inflation, jobs, and the economy combined.
The battle over in-state college tuition for undocumented immigrants Andrea Silva - December 6, 2023 A recent court decision benefited immigrants, but the battle will likely continue.
The Supreme Court’s 1963 school prayer ruling finally has majority support John Sides - November 9, 2023 The politics of school prayer are changing – slowly.
Israel’s Religious Zionists gained ground in the November 2022 election Brendan Szendro - December 16, 2022 What is Religious Zionism, and why is it getting more popular in Israel?
Imran Khan dissolved Pakistan’s parliament. How did that happen? Yasser Kureshi and Asfandyar Mir - April 5, 2022 Pakistan’s Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of the prime minister’s moves
Peru’s ex-president Alberto Fujimori was just pardoned — again. What’s going on? Ñusta Carranza Ko - March 30, 2022 Since he was convicted of crimes against humanity in 2009, his sentence has been hotly contested
The Bevis Frond, ‘Death Trip’: The Week In One Song Christopher Federico - January 14, 2022 SCOTUS blocks federal vaccination rules for large U.S. employers.
Biden’s court commission is worried about Supreme Court ‘legitimacy.’ So what is ‘legitimacy,’ exactly? Michael J. Nelson - October 21, 2021 How the commission measures this will influence what changes it suggests – or doesn’t.
If the E.U. doesn’t wake up to what’s happening with Poland, it may sleepwalk into self-destruction Anna Grzymala-Busse - July 16, 2021 The fight over whose courts are in control threatens the foundations of the European Union’s constitutional order
El Salvador’s president launched a ‘self-coup.’ Watch for creeping corruption and authoritarianism. Steven Levitsky and Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez - May 19, 2021 Peru’s authoritarian past is a cautionary tale for El Salvador’s future