- 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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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
Latest Briefs
What changed, who did it, what you can do about it.
Iowa Nursing Home Watch List
Northgate Care Center in Waukon, Iowa landed on the federal worst-care candidate list on May 27 after inspectors tied a four-drug medication error to a resident's death.
June 13, 2026Iowa GOP 2026 Ticket Set
Republican Zach Lahn named Iowa Rep. Derek Wulf as his running mate on June 13, a day before the state GOP convention. Lahn won the June 2 primary by under one point.
June 13, 2026FBI Raids Ohio Voting Group
FBI agents searched the Ohio Organizing Collaborative's Cleveland offices and seized devices on June 12. The Brennan Center calls it intimidation before the midterms.
June 13, 2026$75B IPO, $85M in Donations
SpaceX went public on June 12 in the largest IPO in history. Elon Musk has spent $85 million on the 2026 midterms, his PAC has shifted to Republicans, and index rule changes will force retirement funds to buy shares within days.
June 12, 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.