Lindsay Beyerstein

Lindsay Beyerstein covers legal affairs, health care and politics for the Editorial Board. An award-winning documentary filmmaker, she’s a judge for the Sidney Hillman Foundation. Find her @beyerstein.

Facing embarrassingly weak test case, has SCOTUS’ rightwing supermajority lost its nerve?

April 23, 2023 /

The current bid to yank mifepristone off the market is legal hackery whose sponsors deserve points only for shrewd venue-shopping.

Blue states are moving to protect abortion rights and trans rights against a red state power grab

April 11, 2023 /

The far right refined a common playbook for projecting the power of red states beyond their borders, writes Lindsay Beyerstein. 

Idaho Republicans want to keep doctors from treating ectopic pregnancies 

March 24, 2023 /

It’s all about the uncertainty, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

CDC, FDA eviscerate Doctor Antivax

March 17, 2023 /

Ron DeSantis believes that antivax is the fast lane to the White House, and Dr. Ladapo is his eager co-pilot.

Lab leak hearing by House Republicans feels frozen in time

March 10, 2023 /

The chip on Robert Redfield’s shoulder is evidence of nothing, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

Lab can’t leak what it never had

March 3, 2023 /

A “lab accident” is not a conspiracy. However, in 2023, all versions of the lab leak theory presuppose a conspiracy, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

DeSantis and Doctor Antivax

February 28, 2023 /

Florida’s surgeon general is running the anti-vaccination playbook.

On US secrets, Trump stands apart from Biden and Pence

February 21, 2023 /

False equivalence is tempting, writes Lindsay Beyerstein. But don’t.

Did the FBI’s Charles McGonigal sabotage the 2016 election?

February 7, 2023 /

McGonigal was promoted just before the FBI’s October 2016 announcement that it saw no ties between Trump and Russia. 

Did one of America’s top spycatchers spy on America?

January 25, 2023 /

Charles McGonigal is a Putinist no one saw, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.