Education

Opinion

The Media’s New Product: Permission to Do Whatever You Want

Freddie deBoer / Truthdig Dec 20, 2024 Cultural commentary once tried to explain how society could do a little bit better. Now the point is to tell people only what they want to hear. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

LGBTQIA+

Trans Students and Families Plan for Trump’s Second Term

Wellington Soares / Chalkbeat Dec 2, 2024 Amid fears of harassment by a Trump administration that openly ran on anti-trans policies, families are doing what they can to prepare. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Politics

What Exactly Is a Republic?

John P. Ruehl / IMI Nov 29, 2024 Modern republics continue to adapt, but face challenges in upholding their foundational principles. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Education

Segregation Academies Are Raking in Millions of Taxpayer Dollars

Jennifer Berry Hawes, Mollie Simon / ProPublica Nov 18, 2024 North Carolina offers a window into how states are rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-style programs. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Economic Justice

Massachusetts Leads the Charge on Taxing Millionaires

Omar Ocampo / Inequality.org Oct 30, 2024 The state’s Fair Share Amendment offers a glimpse of the transformative possibilities of committing revenue to social justice. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Interview

The Paleolithic Ideas That Shaped the Modern World

Jan Ritch-Frel / Fair Observer Oct 18, 2024 Economic historian Michael Hudson on the origins of timekeeping, the long-lost practice of forgiving debt and his collaborations with the late David Graeber. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Military

The Militarization of Higher Education

William D. Hartung / TomDispatch Sep 30, 2024 Driven by visions of AI warfare, Pentagon-funded scientific research and academic recruitment is again on the rise. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

TD Interview

John Leguizamo: Decolonizing Hispanic History Onscreen

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Sep 26, 2024 From Aztecs and Incans to United Farm Workers and Young Lords, the actor tells ‘the untold history of Latinos’ in a new documentary series. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Opinion

Ban Assault Weapons To End School Shootings

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan / DemocracyNow! Sep 6, 2024 After this week's shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia, we once again need to push for an assault weapons ban to end the violence. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Education

The Corporate Bully Taking Your Kid’s Lunch Money

Katya Schwenk / The Lever Sep 6, 2024 As students head back to school, one of the world’s largest payment processors fights to protect a racket upcharging parents on school meals. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Education

How the Charter School Movement Lost All Its Friends

Jeff Bryant / IMI Aug 13, 2024 Too “woke” for Republicans, the charter industry has done nothing to win back Democrats. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Politics

Tim Walz: Progressive Map Nerd

Christopher Ingraham / Minnesota Reformer Aug 9, 2024 The Minnesota governor is of the belief that "conveying data to people in a complex way helps to build trust.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )