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Donald Trump is greeted by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

Trump’s New Platform Goes Attack Mode on Schools Trump’s New Platform Goes Attack Mode on Schools

With a Ron DeSantis run on the horizon, Donald Trump announced his intentions to privatize education and restrict academic freedom.

Feb 1, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Tyre Nichols

Tyre Nichols Tyre Nichols

Tyre Nichols was brutally attacked by Memphis police and died of extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating. He was 29 years old.

Feb 1, 2023 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

How the Party of White Reaction Brands Itself as the Party of Lincoln

How the Party of White Reaction Brands Itself as the Party of Lincoln How the Party of White Reaction Brands Itself as the Party of Lincoln

GOP leaders ransack the party’s past to whitewash its contemporary white-nationalist agenda.

Feb 1, 2023 / Anthony Conwright

Person reads a stack of explicit or LGBTQ books

Florida Teachers Hide Their Books to Avoid Felonies Florida Teachers Hide Their Books to Avoid Felonies

Panicky teachers in Florida are emptying their bookshelves, afraid of a five-year jail term for having an unapproved book in the classroom.

Feb 1, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Having More Women on the Federal Courts Is Long Overdue

Having More Women on the Federal Courts Is Long Overdue Having More Women on the Federal Courts Is Long Overdue

In a well-functioning democracy, representation matters not only in the legislative and executive branches of government but also in the courts.

Feb 1, 2023 / Michele Goodwin

Buckminster Fuller’s Hall of Mirrors

Buckminster Fuller’s Hall of Mirrors Buckminster Fuller’s Hall of Mirrors

Alec Nevala-Lee’s new biography assesses the complicated legacy of an architect better known for his image than his work.

Feb 1, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Luis Martinez

Demonstrators hold up signs and props at the 2022 COP27 U.N. summit

How to Stop the Spread of Climate Disinformation How to Stop the Spread of Climate Disinformation

Governments should make companies alter the algorithms that amplify climate falsehoods.

Feb 1, 2023 / Erika Seiber and Michael Khoo

“We Shouldn’t Grow Up Dreaming That Our Friends Don’t Get Killed”

“We Shouldn’t Grow Up Dreaming That Our Friends Don’t Get Killed” “We Shouldn’t Grow Up Dreaming That Our Friends Don’t Get Killed”

As Palestinians reel from deadliest year in the occupied West Bank in two decades, a young woman who lost two loved ones pleads for the world to notice.

Feb 1, 2023 / Mohammed El-Kurd

Cops Lynched Tyre Nichols Because They Knew They Could

Cops Lynched Tyre Nichols Because They Knew They Could Cops Lynched Tyre Nichols Because They Knew They Could

All police, regardless of race or background, are employed to uphold a system conceived by white people, for white people, that operates to oppress Black people.

Jan 31, 2023 / Elie Mystal

RIP Repro Rights

RIP Repro Rights RIP Repro Rights

Roe v. Wade was overturned just shy of its 50th anniversary, drastically reshaping where and how people get abortions in the US.

Jan 31, 2023 / OppArt / Iviva Olenick

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