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How Can We Resist Book Bans? This Banned Author Has Ideas.
We must foster critical thinking and direct action to combat book bans, sociologist Joe Feagin says.
Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr Files Lawsuit to Be Reinstated After Censure
Zephyr called her censure “a disturbing and terrifying affront to democracy itself.”
Florida’s Ron DeSantis Is Just a Step Behind Hungary’s Fascist Viktor Orbán
Anti-LGBTQ attacks in Hungary are offering bigoted inspiration to the far right in the U.S.
AOC: “January 6 Was a Dress Rehearsal” for GOP Campaign to Expel Democrats
The attack was just one of the first steps of Republicans’ fascist takeover, Ocasio-Cortez said.
Florida GOP Passes Bill to Undermine Unions for Public Employees — Except Cops
The bill would bar unions for teachers and nurses from automatically collecting dues.
Disney Sues DeSantis Over “Targeted Campaign” Originating in LGBTQ Rights Feud
The lawsuit accuses DeSantis of waging a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” against Disney.
US Fascism Is Spreading Under the Guise of “Patriotic Education”
Republicans are rallying behind racist pedagogy as an organizing principle.
The Right Wing Is Waging a Dirty War Against History and Education
In the contemporary U.S., an authoritarian politics of disappearance manifests in new ways every week.
Musk Calls New York Times “Propaganda” as He Removes Its Twitter Verification
The debacle over verification is a show of Musk’s right-wing politics and opposition to journalism and the free press.
Florida Teachers’ Unions Are Front Line of Resistance Against DeSantis’s Fascism
Teachers' unions are in Gov. Ron DeSantis’s crosshairs because they present the strongest threat to his fascist agenda.