- 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.
Title X Funding Crisis
Title X funding frozen in 23 states, 50 clinics closed, and 842,000 patients lost access to contraception and STI testing since 2025.
June 9, 2026'No War' Promise Denied
On election night 2024, Trump said 'I'm not going to start a war.' In his 2021 farewell, he claimed he 'started no new wars.' On June 7, 2026, he told NBC 'I didn't guarantee no war.' The documented record says otherwise.
June 8, 202617 Citizens Targeted
The Justice Department filed to revoke citizenship from 17 people, part of an unprecedented push. 64 cases filed in 16 months vs 24 under all four years of Biden. Internal guidance sets a quota of 100-200 cases per month.
June 8, 2026$100K Visa Fee Struck Down
A federal judge ruled the $100,000 H-1B visa fee is an unlawful tax Congress never authorized. 20 state AGs sued. Hospitals, schools, and universities said the fee blocked hiring for critical positions.
June 8, 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 investigations 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.