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Former Brazilian President Launches Campaign to Unseat Far Right Bolsonaro
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will challenge President Jair Bolsonaro this October.
Teachers Make 23.5 Percent Less Than Other College Graduates, a New High
A new report’s findings on deficiencies in teacher pay could help explain recent teacher shortages.
The Far Right Doesn’t Want to Defund FBI. They Want It to Follow Their Orders.
The FBI should be defunded. It has a legacy of repressing left movements. The right just wants to change its leadership.
The Lessons of the Kansas Primary Go Far Beyond Abortion Rights
Kansas organizers built a diverse voting bloc strong enough to beat back a movement of Christian nationalists.
5 Years After Charlottesville, We Can See Its Legacy in January 6 Violence
Both events were the major public actions of the moderate and extreme sides of an alliance formed around Trump.
Approval of Supreme Court Among Democrats Has Hit Rock Bottom at 13 Percent
Approval of the majority conservative Supreme Court is down 23 points among Democrats since September.
Republican States Sue to Let Schools Block LGBTQ Children From Getting Meals
The lawsuit is part of the right’s escalating attacks on LGBTQ peoples’ right to exist in the U.S.
Republican Blocks Contraception Access Bill From Coming to Vote in Senate
Bill sponsor Sen. Ed Markey said that the GOP wants “no abortions, and no birth control to prevent the need for one.”
Democrats Introduce Bill to Place 18-Year Term Limits on Supreme Court Justices
Lawmakers say that the bill is necessary to combat the far right’s hold on the nation’s highest court.
Texas Republican Seeks to Limit HIV Medication Access After Winning Abortion Ban
Lawyer Jonathan Mitchell is most well-known for helping to craft Texas’s abortion bill, last year’s first blow to “Roe.”