Arkansas passed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. on March 9, becoming the latest Republican-led state to mount a challenge to Roe. v Wade.Ohio and other states have introduced nearly 400 bills intended to chip away at or overturn the 1973 landmark abortion rights decision.

This episode originally aired on March 17, 2021. Arkansas passed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the the U.S. on March 9, becoming the latest Republican-led state to mount a challenge to Roe. v Wade. Ohio and other states have introduced nearly 400 bills intended to chip away at or overturn the 1973 landmark abortion rights decision.

Six of the eight people killed last week in shootings at three Atlanta-area spas were Asian American women. Across the country, weekend protests called for an end to racist violence and hate toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a trend that watchdog groups say has been exacerbated by the pandemic.

Turnout estimates for voters between 18 and 29-years-old in 2020 are as high as 55%, nearly 10 points higher than 2016. But that still puts young voters dead last in turnout among age groups.

President Biden signaled support for reforming the Senate filibuster last week in a move that brought quick condemnation from Republicans and pressure from progressive members of his own party. Republicans called it a power grab, and some Democrats want to get rid of it as a way to speed up Biden’s ambitious agenda.

This episode originally aired on March 2, 2021. A recent survey found that 10% of white adults and 19% of Black adults in Ohio were identified as at-risk or problem gamblers. Compulsive gamblers may repeatedly make wagers that lead to losses, hide their habit, rack up huge debts or even turn to theft or fraud to support their addiction.

Finding new uses for old medications isn’t a new practice. But when COVID-19 turned into a pandemic last year, the race was on to find anything already on the market to fight the illness caused by the virus.

President Biden stopped in Columbus yesterday to promote the passage of the $1.9 trillion dollar stimulus package and the help it offers to families, especially those living in poverty.

Six of the eight people killed last week in shootings at three Atlanta-area spas were Asian American women.

The U.S. rental market has increasingly turned to software programs to run background checks on prospective renters, and, in the process, ballooned into a $3 billion industry.