- Pride 2026 Series
LGBTQ Rights
Tracking the laws, court fights, and policies reshaping LGBTQ lives.
382,800 transgender youth live in the 27 states that banned access to gender-affirming care.LGBTQ Rights Series
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Follow the Money
$6.3 billion in presidential profits. $1.9 billion in dark money. 47 lobbyists regulating the industries that paid them. $9 billion to a border wall contractor whose wall collapsed. These briefs trace where the money goes and who it protects.
Follow the Money Series
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Medicaid
The One Big Beautiful Bill cut $911 billion from Medicaid. Work requirements failed in Arkansas and are being imposed nationwide anyway. At least 15 states have trigger laws that drop coverage when federal funding falls. Each brief covers a different piece — the federal cuts, the state-level fallout, and who loses coverage.
Medicaid Series
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Project 2025 Implementation
Heritage Foundation published the playbook. The administration is executing it. These briefs track what has been implemented, what is pending, and what the progressive counter-agenda looks like.
Project 2025 Implementation Series
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Who Runs Your State
Your governor, AG, and state court control more of your daily life than Congress. States passed 29,000 laws in 2025 while Congress passed 230. Governors decide Medicaid, vouchers, and abortion policy. AGs file the lawsuits that block federal overreach. This series follows the power that actually shapes your day.
Who Runs Your State Series
Latest Briefs
What changed, who did it, what you can do about it.
46M Mail Ballots at Risk
USPS proposed a rule requiring states to submit mail voter lists with barcoded envelopes. USPS could refuse to deliver ballots that don't match. 46 million Americans voted by mail in 2024. Non-white voters' mail ballots are already rejected at twice the rate. Public comment deadline: July 2, 2026.
June 7, 2026Wildlife Crossings
1-2 million wildlife-vehicle collisions annually. 235 human deaths. $8-10 billion in damage. Wildlife crossings with fencing reduce collisions by up to 97%. Bipartisan legislation would make the program permanent.
June 7, 2026Buyer Insider Trading Pardon
Former Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN) was convicted on four counts of securities fraud for trading on confidential T-Mobile/Sprint merger information. He was sentenced to 22 months. Trump issued a full pardon.
June 6, 2026Institutional Knowledge Drain
EPA departing employees had 30.3 years median tenure versus 10.8 for those who stayed. Nuclear safety, dam inspection, food testing, and air traffic control lost their most experienced workers.
June 6, 2026Understand the System
The money, the rules, and the structures that determine who has power. Evidence-backed series and explainers on the issues shaping the 2026 election.
Vote. And Bring Someone With You.
48 million people stayed home last midterm. State races are decided by who shows up. Check your registration, research your ballot, and bring three people.