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Tony Evers Just Signed Off on the Largest Voucher School Expansion in 30 Years

Public school advocates say they feel betrayed by Wisconsin’s “Education Governor” and that the budget package that was on his desk is “a bad deal” that includes “a pittance to public schools.”

Samantha Winslow

DispatchRural America

Big Dairy is Milking California Dry

A small town fights back against dairy expansion.

Ian Whitaker

InterviewCulture

Jail Support Won't Stop Until Everyone Is Free

"Until the jails go away, we're staying."

Hana Urban

InterviewCulture

Meet the New Queer Archive Creating a Home for Trans Films

While trans rights are under attack globally, Otherness Archive is creating a revolutionary space for artists that shows their “full, glorious complexity.”

Meggie Gates and Hana Urban

Feature

How Israeli Spyware Endangers Activists Across the Globe

Israeli surveillance technology is empowering antidemocratic governments to track journalists and human rights activists. Regulation is virtually nonexistent.

Antony Loewenstein

Viewpoint

Robert Reich: Trump Won't Get a Civil War Over His Indictment

Donald Trump is as dangerous as ever, and is inciting violence. But the country is not going to war with itself over his own narcissistic cravings.

Robert Reich

Labor

How Worker Solidarity Propelled a Union Drive at the Country’s Richest University

Earlier this year, a year-long campaign to unionize 6,000 non-tenure-track workers at Harvard finally went public. A model of member-led organizing helped make it possible.

Dusty Christensen

LaborInterviewPodcast

Can the Teamsters Save Amazon From Itself?

Working at Amazon is a nightmare, some workers say. It doesn’t have to be.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

Labor

Workers Organize for Better Conditions After Air Quality Plummets

As smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed much of the East Coast last week and air quality worsened, some workers organized to try and stay safe.

Paige Oamek and Rohan Montgomery

LaborInterviewPodcast

Cop City is Bad News for Working People

Kamau Franklin and Mariah Parker on the fight to stop Cop City in Atlanta.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

The Unions and Workers Supporting Cop City Protestors

“Cops are the first line of defense for business owners and employers, so I think it makes sense for labor to be opposed to Cop City.”

Sarah Lazare

Interview

Winning Is Only the Start: Jane McAlevey on Building Worker Power

Veteran organizer Jane McAlevey on the long-game of building union power through contract negotiations.

Paige Oamek

Viewpoint

Biden Is Turning Out to Be More Like Obama Than FDR

After passing stimulus programs and promising a Roosevelt-like administration, President Biden and national Democrats are back to embracing austerity. We deserve better.

Scott Remer

Viewpoint

On CORE’s 15th Anniversary, Reflecting on the Teachers Caucus That Changed Chicago—and the Nation

The Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators was formed in 2008 when a group of educators and union members came together to transform the Chicago Teachers Union. What they would build would end up changing the city—and country—forever.

Jackson Potter

Viewpoint

Republicans Are Now Trying to Defund the Libraries

Claiming to protect children, Republicans are going after libraries and librarians instead of the police, gun manufacturers, and actual child sexual abusers.

Sonali Kolhatkar

ViewpointRural America

How Land Swaps Turn Public Lands into Private Playgrounds

Land exchanges, a management tool used by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, too often benefit rich landowners at the public’s expense.

Erica Rosenberg

Departments

Praxis Makes Perfect

How to stop treating politics like a spectator sport.

Dayton Martindale

Culture

From Illinois to Tennessee, Drag Performers are Resisting Anti-Trans Legislation

An explosion of bans on drag performance and gender-affirming care have surged nationwide. The community is fighting back.

Henry Hicks IV