Texas Woman’s Family Says Abortion Ban Played a Role in Her Death. Her Case Raises a Difficult Question for the State

The family of a Texas woman who died during pregnancy has filed a lawsuit accusing the state’s restrictive abortion laws of contributing to her death. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in San Antonio, names Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Texas Medical Board, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and several doctors … Read more

Trump Appeared to Doze at a 9/11 Ceremony. The Image Says More About His Presidency Than He Probably Intended.

There are photographs that capture a political moment. And then there are photographs that seem to capture something about the person standing inside that moment. On Friday, as America marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, one such photograph began racing across social media. President Donald Trump was seated beside First Lady Melania … Read more

Trump Doesn’t Like America’s History. Now He’s Trying to Change How Americans Remember It.

There are some departures that feel like ordinary changes in leadership. And then there are departures that happen while a president is openly fighting with one of America’s most important cultural institutions over how the country should remember itself. Lonnie G. Bunch III, the first Black person to lead the Smithsonian Institution, announced Tuesday that … Read more

A Texas Republican Says He Has “No Sympathy” for Lindsay Clancy. That Says More About Us Than He Thinks.

There is no question about the horror at the center of the Lindsay Clancy case. Three children are dead. Cora, Dawson and Callan were killed in their Massachusetts home in January 2023. No political argument, no mental health discussion and no courtroom strategy can erase the devastation left behind. But after Clancy’s murder trial ended … Read more

He Supported Trump’s Immigration Agenda. Now He’s Discovering What It Looks Like From the Other Side.

There is something almost painfully ironic about the image going viral online. A Cuban immigrant proudly shows off a tattoo of “TRUMP” across his arm. He wasn’t quietly supporting Donald Trump. He put the president’s name permanently on his body. Now, according to reporting, he is living with the fear that the very administration he … Read more