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  • 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
  • Election 2026

    Election 2026

    435 House seats, 35 Senate seats, 36 governor races, and your rights on the ballot. 26 states are rewriting voting rules. Every abortion ballot measure has passed since Dobbs. This is the guide to what matters in November.

    36 governor seats on the ballot. 17 are open. These races determine redistricting, Medicaid, abortion policy, and election rules for the next decade.
    Election 2026 Series
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    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
  • Series

    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

Latest Briefs

What changed, who did it, what you can do about it.

Healthcare

Maryland 13.7% Premium Hike

Maryland health insurers have proposed an average 13.7% premium increase for 2027 individual ACA plans, affecting 282,000 residents after enhanced federal

July 7, 2026
Environment

Jamestown Flooding Risk

Rising seas and coastal erosion now threaten Jamestown, Virginia, site of America's 1607 first permanent English settlement, as archaeologists race to

July 7, 2026
Ethics

Benton Report Decision

A Legislative Inspector General report detailing ex-Rep. Harry Benton's alleged sexual harassment sits unreleased.

July 7, 2026
Immigration

$1.5B ICE Detention Buy

The federal government bought two of California's largest immigrant detention centers from CoreCivic for $1.5 billion on July 2, 2026, part of a broader ICE

July 7, 2026
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Understand 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

Series Cost of Living Tariffs cost $1,745 per family. Bottom 90% lost 7% of income. The receipt, state by state. Series Who Runs Your State Your governor, AG, and state court control more of your life than Congress. Series Election 2026 36 governor seats. 34 Senate races. Redistricting, abortion, and voting rights.
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Explainers Deep dives with data and action items

How Government Works Gerrymandering Explained How politicians choose their voters. 84% of House seats are not competitive. How packing and cracking work, the court cases that closed every legal avenue, and what you can do. Your Rights Conversion Therapy Explained 698,000 LGBTQ adults endured it. No study shows it works. 23 states ban it. In 2026 the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 to weaken those bans. The evidence and what you can do. Key Laws The Voting Rights Act Explained The most effective civil rights law ever passed. The Supreme Court gutted it in three decisions. 1,688 polling places closed. 79 restrictive laws passed. Truth & Media Stochastic Terrorism How political rhetoric makes violence statistically likely without a direct order. 520+ incidents in H1 2025. The 4-stage process, documented cases from Pittsburgh to Minnesota, and what you can do.
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November 2026

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.

Check Registration