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Educational inequality is a major issue, and change is necessary. But a takeover is not the answer. Too often, it is an instrument of conservative politicians wielded against local communities who find their voices shut out.

The country broke diplomatic relations with Israel earlier this year. Now, it has increased the pressure by banning coal exports.

Yet, all along, from the very start, I believed in a mixed economy along social democratic lines, not a free market “neoliberal” economy.

Houston seeks to be a national model for plastic recycling. But a program that started in 2022 hasn’t yet found its footing.

Gus Walz’s unbridled emotion on the DNC stage opens the door to more understanding of neurodiversity

Authoritarians and would-be authoritarians are only too aware that universities are primary sites of critique and dissent. Attacks on universities are the canary in the coalmine of fascism.

The greediest owners in pro sports are now welcoming in the greed kings of high finance

The huge Israeli protests have been about bringing down the Netanyahu government. They also had a deeper, more subversive message. Without any of the speakers explicitly saying as much, Sunday’s demonstrations were for an end to the war.

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