Women

Abortion Opponents Making It Harder To Travel Out of State for Care

Shefali Luthra / The 19th Oct 16, 2023 Thousands of people have left states with abortion bans to access the procedure. Some opponents are targeting the people who help them. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Leonard Leo’s Supreme Court Supermajority

Andy Kroll, Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz / ProPublica Oct 12, 2023 The inside story of how one man built a machine that remade the American legal system — and what he plans to do next. Dig deeper ( 36 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

The Case That Could Gut the Americans With Disabilities Act

Sara Luterman / The 19th Oct 3, 2023 The court will examine whether a disabled advocate can sue hotels without being a guest. Advocates say independent civil rights testers are vital to ADA enforcement. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

TD Column

The Supreme Court’s Assault on Voting Rights Isn’t Over

Bill Blum / Truthdig Oct 2, 2023 The court will hear oral arguments in a “racial gerrymandering” case from South Carolina — Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP — that has the potential to inflict irreparable harm on minority voters. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Clarence Thomas Secretly Involved in Koch Network Donor Gatherings

Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski / ProPublica Sep 22, 2023 Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

The Fate of the ‘Dreamers’ Is Likely Headed to the Supreme Court

Marjorie Cohn / Truthout Sep 20, 2023 If the Supreme Court agrees with the new decision by a Texas federal judge, it will be devastating to 600,000 Dreamers. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Ethically Disconnected

Christopher Weyant Sep 5, 2023 Dig deeper

Editorial Cartoons

Abortion Restrictions

Adam Zyglis Aug 24, 2023 Dig deeper

Editorial Cartoons

Justice Thomas and the Luxury Gifts

Dave Whamond Aug 14, 2023 Dig deeper

TD Original

Abusers and the Right to Bear Arms

Bill Blum / Truthdig Aug 7, 2023 A new domestic violence case will test the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment fundamentalism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Politics

Meet the Democrat Running Against the Woman Who Ended Roe

Grace Panetta / The 19th Aug 4, 2023 Greta Kemp Martin is challenging Lynn Fitch, Mississippi’s first woman attorney general, whose office represented the state in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Event

Can the Supreme Court Be Fixed?

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jul 28, 2023 Read the transcript from Truthdig's recent roundtable with Bill Blum, Jeanne Hruska, and Chelsey Davidson in which they discuss what can be done to reverse the court's lurch to the right. Dig deeper ( 35 Min. Read )