Social Justice How Free Birth Control Changed America Before a 2012 contraceptive mandate, 30 to 44 percent of women's medical spending used to go toward birth control. After the mandate, those numbers fell to 13 to 22 percent. Francie Diep
Economics Trump’s Budget Represents His Administration’s Plan for Solving America’s Economic Ills And, as it turns out, many economists don't love the administration's apparent investment priorities. Dwyer Gunn
Environment How the Paris Agreement Actually Fits With Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres made the nationalist case for remaining in the Paris Agreement. Kate Wheeling
Social Justice Leaked Regulation Shows Trump Plans to Allow Insurers to Refuse to Cover Birth Control The regulation is currently being reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget. Francie Diep
Social Justice Reports Indicate Trump Will Exit Paris Agreement, but He Is Not Ready to Announce But at least three officials say the president is still undecided. Kate Wheeling
Social Justice Europeans Say Trump Can Damage, but Not Destroy, the Paris Agreement Trump's protectionist stance at the G7 summit opened a huge rift—and the Paris Agreement was built to withstand it. Bob Berwyn
News in Brief Why Angela Merkel’s Concerns Are So Concerning If it is politically harmful for America's allies to be seen supporting America's president, those alliances are not long for this world. Seth Masket
News in Brief Tracking the Disingenuous Tactics Republicans Are Using to Defend the GOP Health Bill Since the passage of the American Health Care Act, Republican members of Congress have tried to swing public opinion to their side. Charles Ornstein
Social Justice Trump Meets With G7 Countries, Remains Undecided on Paris Agreement Trump's meeting with world leaders comes amid intense debate in Washington over the Paris Agreement. Francie Diep
News in Brief Fighting ‘Us Versus Them’ Populism Is there a way for people to look beyond the political divide, find common ground, and rebuild their trust in democracy? Chayenne Polimédio