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Researchers Estimate True Gaza Death Toll at 186,000 or More
The official death toll is currently just over 38,000, but it is impossible for officials to do a full accounting.

We Must Fight Repression With Solidarity — Not by Replicating Carceral Logic
A new tool helps activists think through the material impacts of the language we use to talk about protest and backlash.

Biden’s Weekend of Damage Control Fails to Stave Off Calls for Him to Drop Out
Nine Democratic lawmakers in Congress and an anonymous senior White House official say Biden should exit the race.

Planned Parenthood Targets GOP Seats Over Fears of Federal Abortion Restrictions
While Planned Parenthood is focused on California House races, it is also monitoring neighboring states.

Labor Movement Commemorates the Life of Union Organizer Jane McAlevey
McAlevey, who passed away on Sunday, continued to organize, teach and write nearly to the end.

Public Libraries Are Essential Resources — and They’re More Threatened Than Ever
Our libraries are already combating inequality, we need to make sure they have the funds to keep doing it.

Inside the Right-Wing Network Trying to Dismantle Higher Education
A new paper lays out the coalition of far right billionaires and think tanks behind the national assault on education.

Reformist Pezeshkian Wins Iran’s Presidential Election — What Comes Next?
Pezeshkian's presidency could be an opening for progressive forces within Iran — and for the US to back away from war.

Israel Bombs Yet Another UN School in Gaza as It Enters Month 10 of Genocide
The strike killed 16 and injured 75, including children. Israel has destroyed or damaged 80 percent of Gaza's schools.

Volunteers Play a Key Role in Breaking Down the Patterns That Enable Prisons
During my decades behind bars, I’ve watched community volunteers help fight the invisibilization that props prisons up.