Checks and Balance newsletter: Jesse Jackson and the great racial backlash

The Checks and Balance newsletter discusses the renewed urgency of the civil rights movement, highlighting Jesse Jackson's role amid a growing racial backlash. It also covers various political and social issues, including shifts in American migration patterns, internal divisions among Republicans over Israel, and challenges in health care and child vaccination policies.

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Checks and Balance newsletter: Jesse Jackson and the great racial backlash

Daniel Knowles, our Midwest correspondent, on why the civil-rights fight feels newly urgent

The Midwest’s remarkable turnaround

For the first time in 70 years, more Americans are coming than going

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Different ideas about faith are dividing Republicans over Israel

The Republicans’ internal fight could prove more toxic than the Democrats’

The Trump administration wants to put antifa on trial

A case in Texas offers an opportunity to do so

Donald Trump is reshaping American health care

And the consequences will ripple through both health and politics

The front line in America’s child-vaccine battle

How far can RFK junior push state policies? West Virginia will provide an answer

The crummiest job in Washington—congressman—is getting worse

Longer hours, lower pay, more threats and less power