- 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
- Cost of Living
Cost of Living
Tariffs added $1,745 per family. The bottom 90% lost 7% of income. 3.5 million lost SNAP. Gas hit $5.87. Social Security recipients lost $20-$30/month after inflation ate the COLA. The Supreme Court struck down the tariffs and prices still didn't come down. Each brief traces a specific cost from the policy to your kitchen table.
Cost of Living 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
Latest Briefs
What changed, who did it, what you can do about it.
4 Gov Sites Track Visitors
The National Design Studio, staffed by DOGE veterans and led by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, built four federal websites with commercial visitor-tracking
June 28, 2026U.S.-Iran Strikes Escalate
The U.S. hit 10 Iranian military targets on June 28 after a drone struck a commercial tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
June 28, 2026FL Gun Victims Discharged Faster
A joint investigation by The Trace and KFF Health News found Florida hospitals discharge uninsured gunshot victims faster than insured patients.
June 28, 2026Hegseth Ousts Gen. Donahue
Gen. Christopher Donahue, who commanded U.S. Army Europe and Africa and was the last U.S. soldier out of Afghanistan, is forced out July 2 with no reason given. Lawmakers in both parties, allied commanders, and military scholars are sounding the alarm.
June 27, 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.
Series Multi-part series with data and charts
Explainers Deep dives with data and action items
Vote. And Bring Someone With You.
48 million people stayed home last midterm. State races are decided by who shows up. Your right to vote is not guaranteed. Check your registration, research your ballot, and bring three people.