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Get to Know the “Badass Teachers” Fighting Privatization
In New Jersey, teachers are fighting for community control of education and against state takeovers of school districts.
The Legend of Buddy Red Bow: How a Lakota Country Singer Echoed the Soul of the Great Plains
Buddy Red Bow's music continues to resonate deeply.
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The Sanctuary Movement Was Reignited Under Obama and It’s Growing Under Trump
Sanctuary is much more than just buildings, it's support from community, say refuge-seekers who've been helped.
As Seas Around Mar-a-Lago Rise, Trump’s Cuts Could Damage Local Climate Work
The president's budget calls for ending an environmental program that had supported climate efforts in his and several Cabinet members' backyards.
The Bloodstained Rise of Global Authoritarian Populism: A Political Movement’s Violent Pursuit of “Enemies“
If populism's need for an “apocalyptic confrontation” proves accurate, it might lead the Trump administration's “systemic revolutionaries” far beyond even their most extreme rhetoric.
El Salvador Becomes First Country to Ban Metals Mining
The move follows on the heels of similar bans enacted regionally in El Salvador.
Are Crisis Pregnancy Centers Misusing Public Funds?
Many CPCs are reaping public funding from local and federal taxpayers. Frequently, those funds come with little oversight.
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Workers, Black Lives Activists Join Forces to Continue Dr. King’s Poor People’s Campaign
The Fight For $15 and Movement for Black Lives will continue the long struggle against racism and classism with a day of action.
Trump’s SEC Is Shielding Overpaid CEOs
Michael Piwowar, one of the SEC's five commissioners since 2013, quickly flexed his acting chair muscles.
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New President, Same Old Deal: The Parallels Between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Donald J. Trump
Trump's “New Deal for Black America” pretends to support Black voters while intensifying systemic oppression.