Big backers of public schools in Texas? Rural Republicans.
Rural Texans are deeply conservative – and deeply committed to their public schools. How will that play out in an era when school choice has become a GOP litmus test?
Read moreProsecuting a president: What can US learn from other nations?
The U.S. has never prosecuted a leader for criminal wrongdoing. But other countries have. Their experiences show it is a serious test of a democracy, but it’s a test that many democracies have passed.
Read moreUS has fraught history with Native adoption. Enter the Supreme Court.
There’s a central question at the core of every child welfare case: What is the best interest of the child? When it comes to Native adoptions, the fate of the law that set the standard for four decades now rests with the Supreme Court.
Read moreSupreme Court turns to history: How does past speak to the present?
As the U.S. moves forward, its highest court is looking to the past. But putting a premium on history and tradition leaves open several questions.
Read moreMissing Indigenous women: Activists spur a reckoning
As the issue of Native women who are missing or have been killed gains visibility, activists on tribal lands and politicians in corridors of power are devoting more resources to stemming the entrenched problem.
Read moreWith Roe in peril, ‘slippery slope’ looms larger for LGBTQ Americans
The Supreme Court appears on the cusp of overturning a right – to abortion – for the first time in modern history. What happens to other rights unpopular with conservative Christians that, like abortion, were underpinned by the 14th Amendment?
Read moreReviving Navajo identity, one sheep at a time
In the Navajo Nation, a connection to the land is a connection to heritage and identity – ties that were lost when the U.S. government nearly exterminated Navajo-Churro sheep in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today, churro flocks are on the rebound, signaling hope and resilience on the reservation.
Read moreIs Texas Hill Country in danger of being ‘loved to death’?
The Hill Country of Texas is the fastest-growing area of this fast-growing state. But questions about how to manage that growth, from water supply to school commutes, are rising.
Read moreOriginalism moves from theory to high court. What that means for US.
Can looking back help America move forward, judicially? That’s the question facing originalism, a legal theory that holds more power than ever and could launch a shift in law as dramatic as the Warren and Burger courts.
Read moreWhy abortion fight isn’t over if Roe is overturned
In the rare instances the Supreme Court has overturned a constitutional precedent, it has typically been to expand, not revoke, a right. That may be changing for abortion rights, and states and their constitutions could find themselves even fiercer battlegrounds.
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