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Answering Reader Questions on a Covid Effect, Gerrymandering and More

How much did coronavirus deaths, redistricting and voter suppression matter in the last election?

Finance

Savings Accounts for Disabled People Are Opened to More of Them

Only those who became disabled by age 26 have been eligible for ABLE accounts. But Congress raised the age to…

World

Kamala Harris to Speak in Florida on 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

She will contrast the Biden administration’s efforts with Republicans across the country who have tried to curtail access to abortion…

World

Supreme Court Again Rejects Request to Block New York Gun Law

The latest emergency application came from several firearms dealers who said recent state laws violated the Second Amendment and conflicted…

World

Hochul v. Democrats: A Court Battle Plays Out in the N.Y. Senate

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s choice of Justice Hector LaSalle to become the state’s top judge has caused an intraparty Democratic battle…

World

Statehouse Democrats Embrace an Unfamiliar Reality: Full Power

LANSING, Mich. — For the first time in 40 years, a legislative session began in Michigan last week with a…

World

How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low

The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle…

News

This Is How Red States Silence Blue Cities. And Democracy.

NASHVILLE — January in Nashville ushers in two forces for chaos: erratic weather and irrational legislators. Both are massively disruptive.…

World

A Year After a Fiery Voting Rights Speech, Biden Delivers a More Muted Address

On Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the president assured an audience at Ebenezer Baptist Church that its side in the…

News

Alfred T. Goodwin, Judge in Pledge of Allegiance Case, Dies at 99

He ruled the pledge unconstitutional because the words “under God” violated the separation of church and state. The Supreme Court…

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