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Corporate-Backed Groups Seek More Pro-Business Judges in the Deep South
Industry-funded groups are reviving a scheme to evaluate judges based on whether they rule in favor of corporations.
Illinois Prison Phone Rates Are Lowest Following Grassroots Activism
The campaign was successful because of pressure from activists and families of the incarcerated.
“These Women’s Lives Mattered”: Nurse Builds Database of Women Murdered by Men
For dozens of hours each week, Dawn Wilcox scours the internet for news stories of women killed by men.
New Jersey Said 10 Years Ago It Would Rank Its Contaminated Sites. It Never Did.
Today, there are nearly 14,000 contamination sites across New Jersey and still no sign of the mandated rankings.
Does “Special Ed” Serve Students? Disability Activists Say No.
Students with disabilities, families and teachers want inclusive classrooms with better support for teachers.
Thanks to GOP Tax Scam, Big Banks Made an Extra $28 Billion Last Year
The rich and corporations were given an “early Christmas gift” when the Republican tax bill was signed in 2017.
Is the Tide Turning on President Trump’s War on Science?
Now that Democrats control the House, Trump’s attack on science-based policymaking could be curtailed.
Pennsylvania Prison Lockdown: Public Health Crisis or Powerplay?
Was the “health crisis” that prompted the lockdown a pre-emptive move to repress the National Prison Strike?
As Racist Attacks Soar Under Trump, White Nationalist Plotted Massacre
Federal agents have thwarted a plan by a white nationalist “domestic terrorist” to begin widespread, violent attacks.
Oakland Teachers Strike, Joining #RedforEd Movement on Picket Lines
Educators face ballooning class sizes and dwindling resources as billionaires seek to expand charter schools.