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Op-Ed

Rubble. Sewage. Desperation for Clean Water. This Is Gaza After Ceasefire.
The ceasefire allowed many of us to taste a vegetable for the first time in months, but our fight for survival is acute.

Trump’s Goal of Burying History Won’t Work If Teachers Refuse to Stop Teaching
Trump wants education to become indoctrination, and the Democratic Party isn't fighting back. But we can.

On Super Bowl Sunday, Remember Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Subsidize the NFL
NFL owners opened up 20 new stadiums with the help of $4.7 billion in taxpayer funds between 1997 and 2015.

Trump DOJ Deleted January 6 Database in Latest Attempt to Make History Vanish
This push to whitewash recent history carries a disconcerting echo of countless autocratic regimes.

Trump’s Anti-Trans Education Order Relies on Intimidation. We Must Not Yield.
If parents, students and educators together refuse these policies, the policies will become unenforceable.

Gaza Is Not for Sale — No Matter What Trump Says
Trump’s absurd plan to annex Gaza will never be tolerated by Palestinians.

Erasing History, Erasing Democracy: Trump’s Authoritarian Assault on Education
Trump appears bent on ridding schools of dangerous practices like critical thinking and an unsanitized study of history.

Trump Inherited a Booming Anti-Migrant Industry
Climate change is spurring the industry’s rapid growth, which is expected to reach nearly $1 trillion by the 2030s.

Migrant Sex Workers’ Resistance Offers a Blueprint for Fighting Authoritarianism
Hyper-criminalized migrant sex workers show us how everyday people evade, defy and resist state control and punishment.

Trump’s January 6 Pardons Were a Green Light to Far Right Paramilitaries
The GOP’s silence after the pardons made it complicit in Trump’s decision to normalize paramilitary violence in the US.