Legislation

A new constituency is willing to stand up to Big Oil (and Gas and Coal): state government.

You can take the platform away from American users, but it is far too late to contain the habits that it has unleashed.

A new documentary on an outlet’s struggle to cover its own tribal government charts the implicit challenge that the American media writ large has faced in the past eight years.

The writer explains why the message of rolling back social change is powerful. Plus, a Nebraska lawmaker on the front lines of the fight against anti-trans legislation.

A cornerstone of life online has been that platforms are not responsible for content posted by users. What happens if that immunity goes away?

The House Speaker should be remembered as Trump’s most formidable adversary.

The President is getting things done and reaffirming that his historic role is to defeat Trump and Trumpism.

With Democrats poised to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, their signature legislation on health care and climate change, all eyes were on the senior senator from Arizona.

A lawyer talks about a path forward on gun control that wouldn’t require Congress or the Supreme Court.

With climate legislation in peril and time running out, a group of young aides broke from a tradition of deference and staged a sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s office, demanding action.

After Governor Greg Abbott called medical care for trans children “child abuse,” their families began weighing their options.

New legislation could locally kill off the dangerous, polluting industry that created the city. Is it merely NIMBYism, or the start of something bigger?

A small, willfully misunderstood earmark in the Build Back Better Act is in fact a response to a mortal threat.

“Did you bring parliamentary procedure to a knife fight again?”

Warts and all, the reconciliation bill would tilt the economy in a greener direction, improve the lives of Americans, and give a boost to Biden.

“Everybody’s on board,” the President said. But they weren’t, at least not yet.

For decades, Republican strategists have seen exploiting both issues as a way to hang on to power.

Legislators, including Bernie Sanders, aim to do something about it.

Will there be a way forward this time?

If you care about the Earth’s future, it’s as important to fight disenfranchisement as it is to battle pipelines.