When SCOTUS overturned Roe, it indicated that abortion was an issue to be relegated to the states. Instead, it has blown up American politics. Post columnists discuss the post-Dobbs world and what’s at stake in the upcoming mifepristone arguments.

“Impromptu” from Washington Post Opinions invites listeners to eavesdrop on our columnists as they have frank, thoughtful conversations on the news and cultural debates they can’t stop thinking about.

The Israel-Gaza war has dominated our news feeds and dinner table conversations and opened up rifts that cross traditional partisan lines. Three Post columnists unpack how U.S. involvement in the war makes them feel about being American.