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May 5, 2022
The End of Roe v. Wade Won’t Motivate Democrats
Unfortunately, it won’t hurt Republicans either.
by Natalie Shure
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The end of Roe v. Wade will accelerate an existing effort to criminally punish people for their abortions, stillbirths, and miscarriages.
by Melissa Gira Grant
There was once a thriving Black middle class based on farm ownership. But during the twentieth century, the USDA helped erase that source of wealth.
by Dania Francis, Darrick Hamilton, Thomas Mitchell, Nathan Rosenberg and Bryce Wilson Stucki
There’s nothing the president can do to stop the Supreme Court from ending the right to abortion. But some legal experts and pro-choice activists have proposed creative ways to limit the damage.
by Matt Ford
J.D. Vance earned Trump’s endorsement by renouncing his anti-Trump past. The Senate candidate’s comeback victory in Ohio’s Republican primary will only intensify the stampede to kiss the king’s ring.
by Alex Shephard
With a near-total abortion ban now in effect, anti-abortion protesters at Tulsa, Oklahoma’s only independent clinic feel like “they’ve won the war.” But abortion advocates aren’t ready to give up the fight.
by Annie Geng
J.D. Vance is about as authentically Ohioan as a bar of Ghirardelli chocolate. Alas, only one endorsement mattered.
by Cliff Schecter

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