Tillie Walden is a cartoonist and illustrator from Austin, Texas. She is the creator of the graphic novels The End of Summer and I Love This Part. When she’s not drawing comics, Tillie can be found either sleeping or looking at real estate listings for background ideas. More of her work can be found at tilliewalden.com.
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Sadly, the Court’s decision in Chiles v. Salazar is correct.


The policy fight is moving well beyond sports and youth medicine. The political response hasn’t caught up.


The Court’s latest ruling invokes a power that corrupts every court that wields it.


Plaintiffs from the religious right are asking the Republican justices to seize control of public schools.


Trans athletes always faced a difficult road in this Court.


Trans advocates would face a difficult road in the sports cases, even if the Court weren’t dominated by Republicans.