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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

    Politics
    Fox News was right: Donald Trump’s budget math is nonsenseFox News was right: Donald Trump’s budget math is nonsense
    Politics

    He wants to save the government $300 billion on prescription drugs. We only spend $78 billion.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    Trumpcare, explainedTrumpcare, explained
    Politics
    By Sarah Kliff
    Abortion
    Unplanned pregnancies are at a 30-year low — and IUDs are mostly to thankUnplanned pregnancies are at a 30-year low — and IUDs are mostly to thank
    Abortion

    America has experienced its sharpest, fastest decline in unplanned births on record.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Politics
    We polled 1,060 Americans about abortion. This is what they got wrong.We polled 1,060 Americans about abortion. This is what they got wrong.
    Politics

    Americans think abortion is rare. It isn’t.

    Politics
    The Weeds: the Supreme Court vacancy and the possible collapse of American democracyThe Weeds: the Supreme Court vacancy and the possible collapse of American democracy
    Podcast
    Politics

    No other democracy gives its high court justices life tenure on the bench — so no other country has these unexpected, tumultuous, and sudden vacancies.

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    Want to know how bad lead poisoning is in your city? Good luck.Want to know how bad lead poisoning is in your city? Good luck.
    archives

    We don’t know how many Flint, Michigan–type problems there are in America.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Supreme Court
    Scalia’s death comes just a month before the court’s biggest abortion case in yearsScalia’s death comes just a month before the court’s biggest abortion case in years
    Supreme Court

    The Court will rule on a controversial Texas law that clinics say has forced many of them to shutter.

    By Sarah Kliff and Emily Crockett
    Politics
    The Weeds: could more corruption fix American politics?The Weeds: could more corruption fix American politics?
    Podcast
    Politics

    Sarah, Ezra, and Matt use the New Hampshire primary results as a lens through which to discuss Jonathan Rauch’s case for “political realism” as a governing philosophy.

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    This is how America rations health careThis is how America rations health care
    archives

    “Essentially they’re saying I have to get closer to becoming a liver cancer victim before I can have treatment.”

    By Sarah Kliff
    Abortion
    When Texas defunded Planned Parenthood, women got less birth control and had more babiesWhen Texas defunded Planned Parenthood, women got less birth control and had more babies
    Abortion

    Without Planned Parenthood, prescriptions for the most effective birth controls dropped by a third.

    By Sarah Kliff