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Elites Want to Turn Schools Into Factories of Hopelessness. We Can’t Let Them.
“End times schooling” risks turning schools into graveyards for hope — but they can also be greenhouses for resistance.
Press Freedom Group Threatens to Sue Paramount If Company Settles With Trump
The Freedom of the Press Foundation notified company executives that a settlement “could amount to a bribe.”
Pete Hegseth Tightens Reins on Journalists Covering the Pentagon
Reporters are prohibited from entering Pentagon locations unless they're accompanied by Trump administration personnel.
States Are Scrambling to Fill School Vacancies Left by Burned Out Teachers
States are softening teacher training and licensing requirements amid widespread turmoil in public schools.
Kentucky-Missouri Storms Came as Trump Made Cuts to National Weather Service
Some people in the storms' path wonder if budget cuts contributed to the death and destruction.
A New Generation of Palestinian Activists Uses Art as Nonviolent Resistance
Editor Malu Halasa discusses the poetry and art of steadfast survival documented in “Sumūd: A New Palestinian Reader.”
Prisons Allow Private Companies to Cut Off Communication With Loved Ones
Some states are allowing private companies to decide which people in prison are allowed to contact their family members.
As EPA Rolls Back Regulations on 4 PFAS, Thousands More Remain Unregulated
Experts say it’s past time to regulate “forever chemicals” as a class.
How Do We Organize Through Exhaustion, Grief and Uncertainty?
Projects that help explain to people what’s happening are what’s going to help them make collective sense of the moment.
Trump Greenlights US Steel Merger Despite Campaign Promise to Scrap Deal
United Steelworkers President David McCall called the move “a disaster for American Steelworkers.”