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“Being a Teacher in America Means Being Willing to Take a Bullet For Your Kids”
Teachers talk about what it's like to hold the lives of students in their hands—and the toll the threat of violence is taking on everyone in the…
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Happy Mother's Day. Can You Comment For This Story About Your Dead Son?
Six weeks after Pittsfield, Massachusetts police killed Miguel Estrella, the regional paper of record is asking his family to comment on a story about a…
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Police Killing in Western Massachusetts Tests Limits of Reform
“His girlfriend called because she was worried for him, and instead the people who were sent killed him"
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The Guardian Tries To Intimidate Me Into Retracting My Article About Transphobia in Their Newsroom
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Covid Destroyed the Illusion of the Restaurant Industry
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Company Man: The Data Behind Glenn Greenwald's Twitter Loyalty to Fox News
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Bait and Switch: Companies Promise Workers Pay Rates In Ads They Don't Deliver On
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Russell Stover Kansas Facilities Cut Sanitation to Save Money, Leading to Unclean Production Lines
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Guardian Pulls Judith Butler's Comments On "Gender-Critical" Anti-Trans Movement
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Green High-Top Converse With a Heart She Had Hand Drawn on the Right Toe
It was the only way to identify the body of Uvalde massacre victim Maite Rodriguez
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"It Did Scare Me": Assault, Harassment Allegations Against MPP Head Nick Brana
Claims made on my podcast Tuesday about Brana's behavior throw the future of his group into doubt
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"It Makes Me So Damn Mad": Democratic Inaction on Crises Is Leading to Voter Apathy
"Every election makes me feel a little less sure my vote accomplishes anything at all"
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Come On, Man
Joe Biden is not up to the task at hand
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Bored '24
Unscrupulous elements of the "left" are taking advantage of people's real rage at the system
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"It Feels Like They Couldn't Care Less": Democrats Under Fire After Overturning of Roe
“They're not going to fight because they aren't the people impacted"
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The Permission Structure: Right-Wing Influencers and Anti-LGBTQ Violence
Plus: Patriot Front arrests, the utility of caring about January 6, and a roundup of recent work
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