Education Why the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action matters Only a small portion of U.S. colleges have selective admissions, where race-conscious admissions can make a difference in who gets in. But the impacts of banning affirmative action are far wider. Elissa Nadworny
Politics The Supreme Court rules against USPS in Sunday work case The court ruled in favor of an evangelical Christian Postal Service carrier who refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons. Nina Totenberg
Politics Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions The decision reverses decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices. Nina Totenberg
National Supreme Court sides with the Biden administration in a fight over immigration The Supreme Court handed President Biden's administration a major victory in a long-running dispute over how to enforce the nation's immigration laws. Joel Rose
National Some states are restricting abortion. Others are spending millions to fund it Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed abortion bans around the country to take effect, some cities and states are pushing in the other direction, a new report finds. Sarah McCammon
National Nearly a year later, most Americans oppose Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe The latest Gallup poll also finds increased political polarization. Some 60% of Democrats said abortion should be legal under any circumstances, compared with 8% of Republicans. Sarah McCammon
Politics Supreme Court unexpectedly upholds provision prohibiting racial gerrymandering The Supreme Court has ruled against Alabama's defense of an electoral map drawn by the state's Republican-dominated legislature. Black voters had challenged the law as racially discriminatory. Nina Totenberg
Law & Courts Senate passes GOP-led resolution to block Biden's student loan relief plan With President Biden pledging a veto, the resolution amounts to a mostly symbolic show of congressional disapproval on a plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt. Emily Olson
Politics A year after Supreme Court's abortion decision, Planned Parenthood announces layoffs Nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back abortion rights, the nation's most prominent abortion provider says it will rethink its structure and cut staff. Sarah McCammon
National More women sue Texas saying the state's anti-abortion laws harmed them More women who say they were put in danger by Texas' abortion bans are joining a lawsuit that seek to force the state to clarify medical exceptions in the laws. Sarah McCammon
