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Thousands March in Cambridge for Cease-Fire in Gaza

Laura Crimaldi The Boston Globe
Demonstration organizers encouraged the crowd to use Tuesday’s presidential primary election in Massachusetts to choose the “no preference” option on the Democratic ballot.

This Week in People’s History, Mar 5–11

Portside
Engraved image of the 1770 Boston Massacre
If This Be Treason (in 1774), War Is Such an Ugly Word (1919), U.S. Thumbs Nose at International Law (1984), International Women's Day! (1914), Joe McCarthy's Dam Cracks (1954), Whose Streets? Our Streets! (1969), Big Win for Miners' Health (1969)

The Hidden Dissent in the SCOTUS Metadata

Mark Joseph Stern Slate
We can guess that the bulk of this hidden dissenting opinion, which in the final version appears only a a concurrence, was authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

Segregation Academies Still Exist

Christopher Young LA Progressive
Despite the law of the land, lawmakers find workarounds to maintain segregation funding through charter schools