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Teaching in a World No Student Deserves

Belle Chesler TomDispatch
Return to Normal pushed schools to a crisis point. How do you run a school without enough staff? Zoom-learning was soul-crushingly devoid of laughter and energy of a traditional classroom and could never serve as a replacement for hands-on learning.

In the 1770s, First Smallpox Vaccinator was Abused, Not Thanked

Rod Tanchanco Hollywood Progressive
When rumors of Jesty’s “bold experiment” spread, the reaction was brutal. The upstanding farmer became the target of vicious attacks from neighbors who were appalled that he had experimented on his own family.

After Amir Locke Killing, Is Police Reform Even the Solution?

Ernest Owens Rolling Stone
The definition of insanity is repeating the same act and expecting a different result. Right now, continuing the failed efforts to “fix” policing in America feels insane, what’s needed is radical and systemic change

Biden Is Fine With Mass Civilian Death

Chris Gelardi The Nation
The hoarding of Afghanistan’s foreign reserves is a striking example of the administration’s capacity for brutality.