Saturday, July 5, 2025

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Are community schools the last, best shot at addressing education inequity?

A district in the Washington, D.C., suburbs may foretell whether a transformative approach to school improvement can address longstanding opportunity gaps in education.

How Alex Jones helped enrich the global elites he railed against

The bombastic conspiracy theorist paved the road of misinformation for decades, creating a perfect setting for Trump’s presidency, and ultimately benefiting the very elites he claimed were out to exterminate humanity.

To reduce inflation, control corporate profits

Everyone’s concerned about inflation these days. But politicians are blaming government benefits instead of rising inequality and corporate profits.

The U.S. is a world outlier on abortion restrictions

The recent overturning of Roe v. Wade is part of a pattern of American exceptionalism that harms people in both the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Why Trader Joe’s workers are joining the fight to unionize

Workers at two stores among the hundreds of Trader Joe’s locations nationwide are hoping to join a newly formed independent union.

Why workers are turning to unions

Besides fighting for better wages and working conditions, unions confront favoritism and discrimination when no one else will.

All human rights are at stake when abortions are banned

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade hurdles our society back into a dark age that disrespects the sovereignty of women, and all people.

Feeling defeated by the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling? There’s still a...

America’s highest court has limited the EPA’s authority to regulate power plant emissions.

Can community schools rescue a ‘troubled’ district?

A contentious contract negotiation between teachers and a district in the Washington D.C. suburbs could foretell whether a transformative strategy for school improvement can dislodge entrenched leadership practices.

How union workers lead the fight for safer workplaces

“Everyone wins when we’re safer.”

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Trump-GOP budget bill would give top 1% over $1 trillion in tax breaks, analysis...

New ITEP study shows a sweeping Republican measure delivers nearly seventy percent of its benefits to the wealthiest households while gutting Medicaid.

Seven things Tom Cotton needs to learn about China 

Here's what Senator Tom Cotton's recent book on China got all wrong.

This new tool can help movements chart a path to victory

As those who understand that strategic nonviolence is, both statistically and morally, the most effective means of resistance, we must take responsibility and exercise great care in its implementation.

What July 5th taught me that July 4th never did

Real freedom doesn’t come wrapped in patriotic speeches or military parades, it comes through struggle, sacrifice, and the refusal to bow to empire, no matter what form it takes.

Ventilation shutdown is one of the cruelest ways to kill animals

The least humane way of culling poultry and pigs has become increasingly common.