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Unions Unions Have Been Under Attack For Decades, But Michigan Just Gave Them A Big Win By Monica Potts Mar. 24, 2023, at 3:37 PM Michigan is now one of only a few states to repeal a right-to-work law. Bill Pugliano / Getty Images On Friday, Michigan repealed an 11-year-old law that weakened unions’ power…

Polling Which Taylor Swift Album Is The Most Popular? We don’t actually know — and that can teach us something about polling. By Nathaniel Rakich Mar. 24, 2023, at 6:00 AM PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. The oldest poll I could find on Taylor Swift was…

Transcript Nathaniel Rakich: Joe Biden is racing toward the political center. First, reports surfaced that his administration may resume detaining immigrant families who cross the border illegally. Then he came out in favor of blocking a Washington, D.C., law that would have reduced the penalties for certain crimes. Finally, he approved a massive new oil…

Education Recess Is Good For Kids. Why Don’t More States Require It? By Monica Potts Mar. 23, 2023, at 6:00 AM Only nine states require schools to provide recess to students, but that number may soon grow. Michael Macor / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Several years ago, a team of sociologists flew…

Donald Trump What We Know About Trump’s Legal Troubles By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux Mar. 22, 2023, at 12:57 PM PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER / GETTY IMAGES Despite a near-constant swirl of legal problems, former President Donald Trump has managed to avoid indictment so far. But one prosecutor seems poised to take the plunge and become…

2024 Election What Happens If Trump Is Indicted? A FiveThirtyEight Chat Mar. 21, 2023, at 1:16 PM Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): On Saturday, former President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social (a social media site he created when he was kicked…

State Legislatures States Are Cracking Down On Militias — Except For Idaho By Kaleigh Rogers Mar. 21, 2023, at 6:00 AM Alex Milan Tracy / Sipa via AP Images In a bucolic corner of southwestern Vermont, locals have been disturbed for years by a neighbor’s weekend hobby: running a paramilitary training camp in the woods…

Iraq War 20 Years After The Invasion Of Iraq, Americans Still Want The U.S. Involved In World Affairs By Geoffrey Skelley Mar. 20, 2023, at 6:00 AM The U.S. invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003, beginning a war that most Americans now think was a mistake. Mario Tama / Getty Images The two likely rivals…

Pollapalooza It’s Not Just Silicon Valley Bank — Americans Haven’t Trusted Banks For Years By Kaleigh Rogers Mar. 17, 2023, at 6:00 AM PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. When Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last week, it caused the stock market to begin a five-day drop. The…

2023 Election How Did State Supreme Court Races Get So Expensive? Wisconsin’s is only the latest example. By Nathaniel Rakich Mar. 16, 2023, at 6:00 AM A race for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has drawn millions of dollars in donations. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP via Getty Images It feels like November in Wisconsin — and not…