Prominent anti-abortion group announces $80 million midterm investment
The investment is the latest example of the anti-abortion movement’s resiliency in the face of repeated ballot box losses after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
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Obamacare could collapse under Trump’s new plan, policy experts say
Republicans say giving health care subsidies as cash to consumers would give Americans more control over their coverage. Critics say it could severely undermine the ACA marketplaces.
JD Vance, RFK Jr. to attend MAHA Summit
A copy of the schedule obtained by POLITICO shows health agencies’ leaders and health tech CEOs speaking at the Wednesday event.
The anti-vaccine movement isn’t satisfied with winning over the GOP
Leaders of the anti-vaccine movement gathering in Texas over the weekend said they want to change America, not just the party.
How Should Queer Christians Respond to Anti-Gay Violence, its Victims, and the People Who Perpetrate It?
When a lesbian minister is physically assaulted, the church is galvanized. When it happens again, the city is galvanized.
To Preach About Healing When You Know You’re Going to Die
A gay minister seeks healing with his family and his queer kin, even as he knows he’ll soon die from AIDS.
How Does a Queer Church Make Friends With Other Churches in the Midst of a Crisis?
AIDS helps forge an unlikely friendship between two San Francisco churches from very different neighborhoods with very different views on sexuality.
How Did a Gay Church Embrace the Identity of “a Church with AIDS”?
Two queer religion geeks move to San Francisco. And Easter communion gets real in the age of AIDS.
Why an Out Queer Person in the Gay Liberation Days of the ’70s Would Go To Church
Troy Perry starts the gay/lesbian Metropolitan Community Church. A young lesbian is a regular at the San Francisco congregation when her friend gets sick.
Trump, stung by Republican losses, stands his ground on affordability
Democrats running on cost-of-living anxieties outperformed Republicans in Tuesday’s elections by greater-than-expected margins. The president chalked it up to partisan lies.
Voters on Tuesday rewarded Democrats who addressed economic costs. Hours later, Trump said he delivered an ‘economic miracle.’
A recent poll found a majority of Americans feel they’re spending more on groceries than they did a year ago.
Reaganomics in Jersey: Jack Ciattarelli has a supply-side dream if he’s elected governor this week
The Republican nominee has promised tax cuts and economic growth, but the numbers are fuzzy.
Trump’s approval holds steady despite unpopular policies, per new NYT poll
Trump’s strength with Republicans on the economy could prove to be a boon for the GOP.
New poll reveals warning signs for Trump with Latino voters
A survey from the liberal-leaning group Somos Votantes shows Latino voters are souring on the president.
“Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk”: New Film on Gaza Photojournalist Killed in Israeli Strike
Democracy Now! speaks with the renowned Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi, the director of the new documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk.” The film is based on regular video calls Farsi made with the Palestinian photojournalist Fatma Hassona in Gaza over the course of a year from April 2024 to April 2025.
Hassona was killed with her family by an Israeli missile that targeted her apartment building in northern Gaza.
The Dumb Truth at the Heart of the Epstein Scandal
Some generations get a nationally televised car chase featuring O. J. Simpson fleeing police in a white Bronco. Others get the communal adrenaline rush of frantically “CTRL-F”-ing a House Oversight Committee trove of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails.
Yesterday, lawmakers released more than 20,000 pages of documents related to Epstein, including thousands of emails between him and his powerful contacts in the government, Silicon Valley, and the British royalty.
Epstein Returns at the Worst Time for Trump
Since his return to office, President Donald Trump has missed few chances to flex the power he wields over the nation’s most formidable institutions and its wealthiest people. So when the White House announced that Trump would host the latest in a series of dinners with top business executives, this time including JPMorgan Chase head Jamie Dimon and the chief executive of Nasdaq, reporters in the White House press pool prepared to watch Trump show off.
Nope.
20 U.S. Boat Strikes in Three Months
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The bulletins come every few days now. On Tuesday, a U.S. strike in the Caribbean Sea killed four people. On Sunday, two strikes in the Pacific Ocean killed six, and two people died in a November 4 strike. The MO rarely changes: a bellicose announcement from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Doomscrolling in the 1850s
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Late in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, one character wonders to another “whether the world is anchored anywhere.” It was a fair question in November 1851, when Moby-Dick was published; it was still an open one in November 1857, when the first issue of The Atlantic Monthly came out. American life felt unmoored.
What Reconstructing Gaza Really Means
The window President Donald Trump opened in the Middle East is narrow, but it is real. His intervention helped bring about a cease-fire that many thought impossible. In a region exhausted by endless war, that act alone deserves recognition. But ahead lies a task even more difficult than halting the gunfire: to repair what has been destroyed in Gaza, which is not only infrastructure but trust, both between and among Palestinians and Israelis.
Dr. Atul Gawande: Hundreds of Thousands Have Already Died Since Trump Closed USAID
“We had the cure for death from malnutrition, and we took it away.” We speak to surgeon and health policy expert Atul Gawande about the Trump administration’s near-total dismantling of USAID. Gawande, the head of global health at USAID during the Biden administration, is featured in the short film Rovina’s Choice, filmed at a refugee camp at the border between Kenya and South Sudan earlier this year.
Rep. Adelita Grijalva Speaks out on Epstein Files & More After Being Sworn in 7 Weeks Late
Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva was finally sworn into office by House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday, fifty days after winning her seat in Congress. Grijalva won a special election to fill the seat left vacant when her father, longtime Congressmember Raúl Grijalva, died in March.
Trump “Knew About The Girls”: Calls Grow For Full Epstein Files After Release of Emails
After months of delays, House Republicans have released tens of thousands of pages of documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, after Democrats earlier publicized emails suggesting that President Trump was aware that Epstein was abusing and trafficking young girls and women. In one of those emails, Epstein wrote that Trump “knew about the girls.
Money on the Mind: How to Care for Aging Parents Without Losing Your Mind (or Your Savings)
Anna Sale and Felix Salmon discuss the tricky waters of dealing with aging parents. Plus – how to stay on top of your own cognitive decline.
The White House knows it needs to act on health care affordability. Here’s what’s on the table.
Senior Trump administration health officials have been meeting to discuss how to respond to the year-end ACA subsidy expiration.
Money Talks: Why Women of Color Pay More
Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman joins Elizabeth Spiers to discuss her new book The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid.
YouTube TV Is Ready to Dominate the Industry—but There’s One Final Boss
The streaming wars have never been pettier.
You Get Scammed, Meta Gets Paid
Jeff Horwitz breaks down how Meta profits off of the many scammy ads plaguing its platforms.
Trump Is Missing One Massive Reason for Tuesday’s Election Results
The president still doesn’t appear to understand a likely reason for Tuesday’s results: the unnecessary, cruelly forced mass hunger unique to the shutdown.
Money on the Mind: How to Deal With the Psychological Hangups of Retirement Planning
With special guest, Adrianna Adams from Domain Money, Felix and Anna dig into one of the biggest emotional life steps – retirement.