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A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Popular This Week] Sunday, June 26, 2022 [1. Roe v. Wade Defined An Era. The Supreme Court Just Started A New One.]( [The Supreme Court is seen as people protest about abortion]( There are only a handful of Supreme Court rulings that most Americans can name. The decisions that become a shorthand in our collective vocabulary mark the beginning and end of political eras, the moments when something fundamental changes. [Read more]( [2. The Supreme Court’s Argument For Overturning Roe v. Wade]( [Abortion rights activists react to the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling]( The Supreme Court just overturned one of the most famous and controversial rulings in modern history. A five-justice majority of Republican appointees ruled that Roe v. Wade and a following case, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, were wrongly decided. It’s a political earthquake — one that will reverberate for months and years to come, reshaping American lives in ways that are easy and not so easy to predict. [Read more]( [3. The Yankees Are Partying Like It’s 1998]( [Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees high fives teammates]( When you have a history as long and as storied as that of the New York Yankees, there are a lot of great options to choose from when picking the best team in franchise history. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Murderers’ Row in 1927? That’s tough to beat. But Joe DiMaggio and the ’39 Bronx Bombers might have been even better. And we can’t forget about Derek Jeter and the 1998 Yankees — still the winningest single-season team (including playoffs) in MLB history. [Read more]( [4. A Gas Holiday Might Be Popular, But It’s Unlikely To Do Much To Lower Inflation]( [A photo illustration of gas prices against a gridded background]( Earlier this week President Biden asked Congress to temporarily suspend collection of federal gas and diesel taxes for three months as a way to relieve pressure on Americans as national gas prices rise to $5 a gallon. If the price keeps going up, it could top highs not seen since the summer of 2008. High gas prices are also helping to drive overall inflation, which reached 8.6 percent as of May. [Read more]( [5. What the Supreme Court’s Gun Ruling Means For Gun Control]( [A person wears an NRA hat in front of the US Supreme Court]( The Supreme Court just dramatically expanded Americans’ right to bear arms. In a 6-3 opinion, with the court’s Republican-appointed justices in the majority, the court ruled that a New York law that heavily restricts the ability to carry a concealed handgun in public violates the Constitution. [Read more]( [6. Tommy Edman Is The Latest Unlikely Star In St. Louis]( [Tommy Edman of the St. Louis Cardinals catches a line drive]( Since the turn of the millennium, the St. Louis Cardinals have had only one losing season. In that span, the organization has developed countless major league contributors on both sides of the baseball. Chief among them is 27-year-old superstar infielder Tommy Edman, who has quietly become one of the game’s most valuable players. [Read more]( [7. Republicans Are Defining The Jan. 6 Hearings]( [January 6th Hearing Day 4]( Before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol started its hearings, it was easy to wonder who the hearings were for exactly. Americans’ views on the violence have become entrenched, congressional hearings aren’t what they used to be, and the GOP has seemingly not paid a price for rallying behind false election claims that incited anti-democratic violence. [Read more]( [8. Title IX Gave Women More Chances To Coach In College. But It Gave Even More Opportunities To Men.]( [Muffet McGraw]( “People are hiring too many men,” former Notre Dame women’s basketball head coach Muffet McGraw told ThinkProgress back in 2019. In 2018, she was the only female head coach of any of the last four teams vying for the NCAA title in women’s basketball. For most of the final decade of her coaching career, McGraw had an all-female coaching staff. This fact should be unremarkable, but when it comes to coaching in women’s collegiate sports, it isn’t. [Read more]( [9. What We Lose When We Lose Competitive Congressional Districts]( ["I Voted" stickers are seen on a table]( Competitive congressional districts have been steadily disappearing for decades. In the current redistricting cycle, six highly competitive districts in the House of Representatives were drawn out of existence. The Cook Political Report estimates that less than 8 percent of congressional districts will be competitive come November. [Read more]( [10. The Datasets We’re Looking At This Week]( [The words "data Is plural" written in red on a white background]( You’re reading Data Is Plural, a weekly newsletter of useful/curious datasets. Below you’ll find the June 22, 2022, edition, reprinted with permission at FiveThirtyEight. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Emergency Politics Podcast: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.