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The conservative Supreme Court's favorite judicial philosophy requires a very, very firm grasp of history — one that none of the justices seem to possess.

We must reject the legal liberalism that attempts to cordon off constitutional questions from democratic politics.

The power to check the Supreme Court is there, in the Constitution. The task now is to seize it.

The lesson from the Corinthian debt strikers: Should President Biden cancel student loan debt, it should be done without making debtors jump through hoops.

Experiments cannot confirm what theory predicts about neutrinos. And particle physicists have no idea why.

The violent killing 40 years ago resonates with attacks on Asian Americans that persist today.

In states with “trigger” laws, abortion services came to a halt on Friday morning as news rippled through clinic lobbies and patients, whose appointments were minutes outside of the window to receive care, had to be turned away.

Speaking at the Global Media Forum in Bonn, Nobel laureate Maria Ressa noted that lies, laced with anger and hate, spread faster than facts. "Rebuilding trust with truth is vital to combat the rise of fascism," she said.

Some local officials in the region are taking steps to do what they can to protect people's ability to end unwanted pregnancies.

Democrats have reneged on their longtime promise to codify Roe v. Wade every time they’ve held power. Party leaders will not fulfill that promise until and unless they fear their own voters.