Harris plots her next, more aggressive, volley in the abortion fights  —  Vice President Kamala Harris and her team plan to hit the campaign and fundraising circuit in an aggressive bid to elevate Democratic state legislators and governors on the abortion rights frontlines.

Myanmar junta executes four pro-democracy activists  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Myanmar's military junta has executed four pro-democracy activists, state media and the U.S. Embassy in Yangon reported, carrying out its first executions in more than three decades and defying international appeals for restraint.

“I am not a traitor”: Reality Winner explains why she leaked a classified document  —  A story about someone named Reality Winner has got to start with the name.  Her father, playing on the family name, explained he wanted “a real winner.”  And so, Reality.

2 dead, 5 injured in shooting at crowded San Pedro park  —  Two people were killed and five wounded after gunfire erupted Sunday afternoon in San Pedro's Peck Park, authorities said.  —  Police said there were approximately 500 people at the park just before 4 p.m., when they received reports of a shooting.

University of Michigan Medical Students Walk Out on Pro-Life Speaker at Initiation Ceremony  —  Incoming University of Michigan Medical School students staged a walkout of the school's White Coat Ceremony Sunday to protest the choice of a pro-life doctor as the ceremony's keynote speaker.

College alumni groups spread nationally to counter ‘cancel culture’  —  Independent groups are forming to promote free speech on some university campuses  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Alumni groups pressing free-speech issues are popping up at colleges in many states …

GOP plots Fauci probe after midterms  —  Congressional Republicans are eagerly floating investigations into Anthony Fauci and the Biden administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic if they win back control of the House or Senate in the midterm elections.

How two Texas megadonors have turbocharged the state's far-right shift  —  Tune into CNN's Special Report “Deep in the Pockets of Texas” Sunday July 24 at 8 p.m. ET  —  (CNN)Gun owners allowed to carry handguns without permits or training.  Parents of transgender children facing investigation by state officials.

Iran will keep IAEA cameras turned off until nuclear deal is restored -Tasnim  —  Iran will keep the UN nuclear watchdog's cameras turned off until a 2015 nuclear deal is restored, the head of the country's Atomic Energy Organisation said on Monday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

Tom Nelson drops out of Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate primary, throws support to Mandela Barnes  —  Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson's long run for the U.S. Senate is over.  —  Nelson announced Monday that he was ending his Democratic primary campaign and throwing his support to Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.

The Four Stages of Republican Misinformation  —  The right has a tested formula to brainwash its base.  From the Big Lie to attacking a 10-year-old rape victim, here's how they do it. … If a 10-year-old girl cannot escape the cruel machinery of the right-wing disinformation network …

‘The stakes could not be higher’: Kansas abortion vote set for Aug. 2  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — At a recent gathering of abortion rights canvassers in a strip-mall office in this Kansas City suburb, a hand-lettered sign on the wall summed up the confusion …

Coachella's parent company is donating major cash to an anti-abortion political organization  —  This story is being published in partnership with Rolling Stone.  Subscribe to get its biggest stories on music, culture, politics, and entertainment.  —  June 24, the day the Supreme Court …

An ‘imposter Christianity’ is threatening American democracy  —  (CNN)Three men, eyes closed and heads bowed, pray before a rough-hewn wooden cross.  Another man wraps his arms around a massive Bible pressed against his chest like a shield.  All throughout the crowd, people wave “Jesus Saves” …

These former Trump advisers are trying to do the impossible: Make Trumpism about the future  —  At the beginning of 2020, a small group of President Donald Trump's top advisers huddled at the White House to craft a second-term policy agenda for the next administration.

How The Fight To Ban Abortion Is Rooted In The ‘Great Replacement’ Theory  —  It may not be immediately obvious how the fight over abortion rights is tied to the “great replacement” theory — the debunked conspiracy theory promoted by some Republican politicians who claim that Democrats support …