Massachusetts’ deadline to prosecute rape cases will no longer be one of the strictest in the nation under a bill Gov. Maura Healey pledged to sign into law. State law currently bars nearly all rape prosecutions involving cases with adult victims after 15 years, making it difficult to charge someone after that deadline even in…
Politics / Authoritarian Watch / July 3, 2026 Congress and the courts aren’t going to rescue us—but the public just might. Ad Policy President Donald Trump leaves after speaking during a rally to kick off the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on June 24, 2026, in Washington, DC.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)…
As an immigrant and later a citizen, more than 50 Fourths of July have taught me to love the day’s exuberance — backyard barbecues, tailgate parties, and outings like sailing out on a small boat to join thousands on a sunlit lake. Parades and fireworks added flourish, but what I remember most was the communal…
Guards at an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, could see a detainee in his cell with one end of a bedsheet wrapped around his neck and the other tied to the door handle. If they opened the door, the sheet would tighten and strangle him. The detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, had been in…
Martin W. Dolan, New York candidate for Congress, lost his primary by a landslide. But first, he drove me insane. Ad Policy Molly Spears and Marty Dolan attend Yorkville Ball at The Union Club on November 9, 2024, in New York City. (Sean Zanni / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) Two summers ago, my name…
As Americans across the country struggle with the high costs of living and stagnant wages, Donald Trump has made a fortune since retaking the White House. The president has reportedly upped his net worth by billions in his second term, and nearly every member of his immediate family — and even some of his extended family —…
Last month, my colleagues and I published an investigation into a Texas oil refinery startup, America First Refining, that had secretly gotten investment from Donald Trump Jr. We discovered a saga involving the Trump administration’s tariff policy, sanctioned Russian oil and an Indian billionaire family’s private zoo. At the center of the story was the…
Amid all the talk of “electability,” a Midwestern state’s radical history points to what’s possible. Ad Policy (Daniel Boczarski / Getty Images for WisDems) Democratic socialism is having a moment in 2026. In congressional and big-city mayoral primaries across the country, candidates who support economic and social democracy are winning Democratic nominations—defeating incumbent members of…
