California Governor Gavin Newsom is spearheading a legislative effort to protect Arizonans' access to abortion care in the face of stringent anti-abortion laws in their home state. As Arizona grapples with the reactivation of a draconian 1864 anti-abortion statute—reaffirmed last before Arizona even achieved statehood—Newsom is positioning California as a safe haven for both abortion seekers and providers. Under this archaic Arizona law, abortion providers face severe risks, including criminal prosecution, merely for fulfilling their professional obligations and providing necessary healthcare. This law, only offering a narrow exception when the pregnant individual's life is at risk, has thrust providers and patients into a realm of legal uncertainty and danger. Governor Newsom's proposed legislation, a beacon of progressive...

The residents of Enid, Oklahoma, rallied together to reclaim their community's values, ejecting a well-known white supremacist from their city commission. Cheryl Patterson, a moderate Republican with a background in education, won the recall election against incumbent Judd Blevins, a far-right conservative and unabashed Trump supporter, by a commanding margin of nearly 20 points. The special election, which saw Patterson securing approximately 59.64% of the vote, was the culmination of a deeply divided city's efforts to stand against hate. Blevins, who only a year prior had stepped into his role on the commission, came under fire for his involvement in the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally—a notorious gathering of white supremacists that ended in violence and...