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Our Democracy Is Still in Danger Even With Trump Ousted
The Trump era has both highlighted and exacerbated the reality that our democracy may be less secure than we think.
The Year of COVID, Elections and Police Brutality Also Saw LGBTQ Activism
This year has reaffirmed that queer and trans liberation is inextricable from the liberation of all marginalized people.
SCOTUS Lets Trump Census Plan Excluding Undocumented Immigrants to Move Forward
The ruling, issued by the Court's conservative bloc members, punts the question of apportionment down the road.
The 126 GOP House Reps Who Tried to Overthrow Democracy Must Not Be Seated
A whopping 126 members of Congress tried to make Trump an unelected dictator, backing his anti-democratic insurrection.
SCOTUS Throws Out Texas Lawsuit Seeking to Flip Election Results for Trump
The court rejected a case from the GOP Texas Attorney General to stop four states from voting in the Electoral College.
Trump Warned Georgia AG Not to Recruit Other Officials to Oppose Texas Lawsuit
Many experts say there's almost zero chance the Supreme Court will take up the legal challenge.
SCOTUS Should Spurn Latest Texas Push to Flip Election. Will It?
Everyone is waiting to see what the high court will do.
SCOTUS Rules Against New York State’s COVID Limits on Large Religious Gatherings
Public health experts warned that the Supreme Court ruling would lead to more COVID outbreaks and superspreader events.
Alito Attacks Marriage Equality, COVID Orders, and Reproductive Rights in Speech
Alito’s rant contained lies about contraception and a seeming attempt to invent a legal right not to be called bigoted.
Trump’s Frivolous Lawsuits Are the Tip of the Iceberg in His Refusal to Concede
None of Trump’s lawsuits risk changing the results of the election, but his refusal to concede does not bode well.