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2 Florida School Districts Order Teachers to Cover or Remove Books in Classrooms
Florida is becoming “a laboratory of fascism,” one critic noted in response to the book bans.
$340 Million Anti-Labor Consulting Industry Is Behind Contemporary Union-Busting
Union-busting firms are teaching corporations to cynically co-opt progressive rhetoric as they crush worker organizing.
Thousands Dead as Earthquakes Devastate Syria and Turkey
The full scale of the destruction remains unknown as rescue crews attempt to reach those trapped in the rubble.
Worker Ownership Builds Community Wealth and a More Just Society
Cooperative initiatives in cities across the world are strengthening worker pay, local economies and democracy.
Tax Break for Big Polluters Is Also Starving Public Schools in Texas
In December, legislators killed a controversial tax program known as Chapter 313, but its effects will last decades.
House Republican Bill Would Force Massive Cuts to Medicare Benefits
The bill would repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, including its $35 insulin cap and other drug cost reduction measures.
Guatemalan Tribunal Bars Leftist Presidential Ticket From Ballot
One expert said the decision to disqualify Indigenous human rights defender Thelma Cabrera is an “electoral coup.”
As COVID-Era Funding Dries Up, Activists Fight Austerity in City Budget Battles
Democratic mayors in cities like New York and Philadelphia are pushing for cuts, but organizers are pushing back.
“Broken Windows Policing” Gave Rise to SCORPION Unit That Killed Tyre Nichols
Broken windows policing reflects racialized assumptions about what is disorder and which communities are disorderly.
Berlin’s Pledge to Socialize a Quarter Million Apartments Faces Obstruction
Politicians and corporate landlords have tried to block the plan, but voters have a chance to push back in new election.