Tennessee Parents Question Whether Arming Teachers Is the Answer
Devon Dixon believes guns serve a purpose. That is why she is licensed to carry and conceal firearms. She is also a mother living in the Nashville suburbs with three…
Tennessee Passes Bill to Allow Teachers to Carry Concealed Handguns
Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday to allow teachers and other school staff members to carry concealed handguns on school campuses. The measure, if it becomes law, would require…
Arizona Democrats Consider 3rd Attempt to Repeal 1864 Abortion Law
Democratic lawmakers in Arizona on Wednesday will try for a third time to repeal an 1864 law outlawing abortion, plunging the Republican-controlled State Legislature back into a divisive election-year battle…
Supreme Court to Examine Clash Between Idaho Abortion Ban and Federal Law
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday about whether Idaho’s near-total abortion ban conflicts with a federal law that protects patients who need emergency care, in a case that…
Two Lawsuits, in Texas and Idaho, Highlight Fight Over Emergency Medicine Law
In the weeks after the Supreme Court dismantled a constitutional right to abortion in 2022 and returned the issue of access to the states, a new series of court battles…
Biden to Give Abortion-Focused Speech in Florida, Tying State Ban to Trump
President Biden is expected to condemn a six-week abortion ban that will soon take effect in Florida — and blame former President Donald J. Trump for its enactment — during…
The Sinking Arizona Town Where Water and Politics Collide
In Arizona’s deeply conservative La Paz County, the most urgent issue facing many voters is not inflation or illegal immigration. It is the water being pumped from under their feet.…
US migrant crisis shifts from Texas to California border
On the other side, visible through the gaps in the towering barrier, a group of more than 100 people – from countries including Ecuador, Colombia, China and Rwanda – huddled…
A Utah Mountain Town Brings Back an Old Idea: The One-Room Schoolhouse
As a throwback ski destination, Alta, thinks small, with a one-room public school to match. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In…
U.S. Military to Withdraw Troops From Niger
More than 1,000 American military personnel will leave Niger in the coming months, Biden administration officials said on Friday, upending U.S. counterterrorism and security policy in the tumultuous Sahel region…