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This Week in People’s History, Apr 23–29, 2025

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Cartoon shows President Trump dressed as a doctor getting ready to give Uncle Sam an injection of disinfectant
Got Covid? Have You Tried Injecting Bleach? (2020), No Due Process for Armenians (1915), A Milestone for the Other-Abled (1920), A Dust Bowl Refugee Sings (1940), Harriet Tubman to the Rescue (1860), Don’t Mourn, Organize, Heart of Stone (2000)

CTU Members Ratify New Contract With 97% Approval

Nader Issa, Sarah Karp | WBEZ and Michael Puente | WBEZ Chicago Sun-Times
The contract is the CTU’s first without a strike or a strike vote in 15 years. The agreement sets lower class size limits, gives pay raises and could add hundreds of new staff members.

Sunday Science: STARTALK When Black Holes Collide, With Nergis Mavalvala

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Harrison Greebaum, Nergis Mavalvala StarTalk
Ripples in spacetime? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Harrison Greenbaum explore black hole collisions, quantum tricks, and how gravitational waves can help us uncover the early universe with MIT physicist and LIGO researcher Nergis Mavalvala.

Biden and Trump’s Leniency on Corporate Crime

Freddy Brewster Jacobin
The federal government under Joe Biden prosecuted fewer corporate crime cases than at any point in the last 30 years. Now the Trump administration is set to drop or pause more than 100 enforcement actions against corporate misconduct.