Free speech be damned, Texas bill looks to stop people from talking about how to access abortions

By Jennifer Pinsof

Study finds nearly 22 percent of Republican state legislators joined extremist Facebook groups

By David Neiwert

Researchers find GOP lawmakers pushing for censorship and voter suppression laws based on groups’ beliefs

State-level Republicans rolling back voting rights with majority votes, as national Democrats cling to filibuster

By Jessica Corbett

Georgia Republicans become latest state GOPers to pass sweeping redistricting rules on a party-line vote

Democratic factions offer differing reasons for McAuliffe loss in Virginia

By Jake Johnson

Party conservatives fault national Democrats for not passing bills while progressives say McAuliffe was a poor candidate

State lawmakers aren’t just trying to ban ‘critical race theory,’ they’re trying to ban educating about race

By Emerson Sykes and Sarah Hinger

Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin cozies up to conspiracist groups, hopes voters don’t notice

By Kerry Eleveld

After opposing jobless benefits for citizens, GOP leaders now favor them for the unvaccinated

By Jacob Gardenswartz

As Biden administration and some governors roll out requirements to encourage vaccination, Republican politicians are trying to subsidize anti-vaxxers

How ranked-choice voting can help make politics more about building coalitions than riling up superfans

By M. Mitchell Waldrop

Election voting systems aren’t exciting topics, but the right ones can actually help make politics more inclusive and less divisive

Christian supremacist group targets Houston-area school board elections, aims for national effort

By Peter Montgomery

Extremist group leader Rick Scarborough hopes to take over Texas school boards to ban ‘critical race theory’ teaching

As Newsom defeats right-wing recall effort, California’s importance for Democrats becomes clearer

By Raphael J. Sonenshein

California is America’s most populous state but national Democrats have mostly ignored it except as a piggybank, did the recall change that?